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. 2013 Feb 27;97(4):800–807. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.112.053207

TABLE 2.

Dietary intake of vitamin C in 0.5- and 2-kiwifruit/d groups1

0.5 kiwifruit/d
2 kiwifruit/d
Baseline Intervention Washout Baseline Intervention Washout Between-group intervention P
Fruit and vegetables (servings/d) 2.9 ± 0.3 (18) 3.4 ± 0.4 (17) 2.6 ± 0.3 (15) 2.7 ± 0.3 (17) 4.8 ± 0.3* (17) 2.7 ± 0.3 (16) 0.001
Vitamin C (mg/d) 28.6 ± 3.1 (18) 73.4 ± 4.2* (17) 31.4 ± 5.1 (15) 29.1 ± 3.1 (17) 214 ± 4.5* (17) 28.8 ± 4.3 (16) <0.0001
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All values are means ± SEMs; n in parentheses. For 0.5- compared with 2-kiwifruit/d groups after intervention, P values were determined by using the unpaired t test. *For intervention compared with baseline, P < 0.0001 (paired t test).