Table 1.

Dietary intake of key nutrients in schizophrenia patients and the US population^*

	Patients n = 146	Controls n = 13148	p
Total caloric intake	3057±1132	2206±31	0.002
Protein intake (g)	95±40	82.9±1.5	0.028
% of calories from protein	12.8±3.8	15.5±0.12	0.62
Carbohydrate intake (g)	394±166	262.9±4.1	0.003
% of calories from carbohydrates	51.8±10.6	48.7±0.46	0.41
Total fat intake (g)	121±61	86.1±1.71	0.006
% of calories from fat	35.1±9.2	34.1±0.36	0.74
Saturated fat intake (g)	42±24.1	29.9±0.68	0.001
Total cholesterol intake (mg)	341±241	293±8.6	0.45

^*Population data adapted from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Cycle III^25,26