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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2013 May 9;110(10):10.1017/S000711451300127X. doi: 10.1017/S000711451300127X

Table 1.

Characteristics of intervention and cross-sectional study participants and diet components.

Feeding
Study
Basal
(n=10)
Feeding
Study
F&V
(n=10)
Tertile 1
(3DFR
n=18)2
Tertile 3
(3DFR
n=18)2
P*
(3DFR)
Tertile 1
(FFQ
n=22)3
Tertile 3
(FFQ
n=26)3
P*
(FFQ)
Age (yr) 29 (4.9)1 26 (5.1) 27 (5.8) 0.47 27 (5.9) 29 (5.9) 0.30
Height (cm) 173 (6.7) 173 (10.4) 172 (10.9) 0.34 172 (10.4) 174 (10.4) 0.99
Weight (kg) 70 (12.4) 71 (12.9) 66 (12.7) 0.29 71 (13.9) 69 (12.5) 0.67
BMI (kg/m2) 24 (3.6) 24 (2.9) 22 (3.4) 0.08 24 (2.9) 23 (3.0) 0.21
Female (%) 50 44 61 0.50 41 46 0.94
Ethnicity (%)
  Caucasian 60 61 56 1.00 68 65 1.00
  Asian 40 17 39 0.26 18 31 0.50
  Other/Unknown 0 22 6 0.34 14 4 0.52
Energy (kcal/d) 2482 (567) 2481 (663) 1986 (529) 2387 (716) 0.05 1482 (614) 2154 (612) <0.01
F&V (servings/d) 0 9 (1.3) 0 (0.7) 3 (1.8) <0.01 0 (0.1) 3 (1.5) <0.01
Protein (% energy)4 15 (3.5) 17 (3.7) 15 (3.3) 15 (3.6) 0.58 16 (4.0) 16 (1.8) 0.83
Fat (total; % energy) 30 (6.7) 28 (7.8) 33 (9.9) 32 (7.6) 0.96 34 (9.2) 30 (5.6) 0.13
Saturated (% energy) 14 (3.2) 9 (3.3) 11 (3.7) 10 (3.9) 0.26 11 (3.4) 9 (2.7) 0.15
Mono-Unsaturated
(% energy)
10 (2.4) 8 (2.7) 13 (5.6) 13 (2.9) 0.54 12 (3.7) 11 (2.2) 0.08
PUFA (% energy) 3 (0.8) 7 (1.2) 7 (2.0) 8 (2.8) 0.24 8 (2.6) 7 (1.5) 0.74
Carbohydrate (% energy) 55 (12.8) 57 (15.4) 52 (11.3) 56 (6.8) 0.52 50 (10.3) 56 (6.4) 0.02
Fiber (g/d) 10 (3.0) 29 (5.1) 13 (3.4) 32(14.1) <0.01 13 (8.7) 29 (10.8) <0.01
*

P-value using Mann-Whitney tests for significant differences between first and third tertiles in the cross-sectional study based on 3DFR and FFQ; sex and ethnicity were tested with a proportion test

1

Mean (SD)

2

First and third tertiles of crucifer, citrus and soy intake among the cross-sectional study participants, as calculated based on 3DFR

3

First and third tertiles of crucifer, citrus and soy intake among the cross-sectional study participants, as calculated based on FFQ

4

Percents may not add up to 100 due to rounding