Table 2.
Dietary and Lifestyle variables between groups Comparison of dietary intake and lifestyle measures between age, race, and gender matched schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and NHANES patients.
| Measurement (s.d.) | Schizophrenia (n = 143) |
NHANES (n = 143) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Consumed (kcal/day) | 2072 (736) | 2291 (1084) | 0.031 |
| Carbohydrates (Consumed) (g/day) | 260.9 (100.6) | 294.0 (151.7) | 0.037 |
| Saturated Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 28.3 (11.8) | 28.5 (17.8) | 0.89 |
| Fiber Consumed (g/day) | 17.2 (9.0) | 12.2 (8.8) | <0.0001 |
| Fat Consumed (g/day) | 81.4 (33.1) | 85.4 (49.0) | 0.39 |
| Poly unsaturated Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 17.1(9.4) | 17.8(11.6) | 0.57 |
| Protein Consumed (g/day) | 79.0 (32.9) | 82.0 (43.4) | 0.47 |
| Mono unsaturated Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 29.3 (12.7) | 32.6 (19.6) | 0.08 |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 1.66 (0.88) | 1.65 (1.27) | 0.94 |
| Omega-6 Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 16.9 (9.3) | 16.8 (11.8) | 0.98 |
| Omega-6/Omega-3 Ratio | 10.8 (3.8) | 13.0 (13.7) | 0.02 |
| Measurement (s.d.) |
Bipolar Disorder
(n = 116) |
NHANES
(n = 116) |
P-value |
| Energy Consumed (kcal/day) | 1896 (609) | 2309 (1021) | 0.0005 |
| Carbohydrates (Consumed) (g/day) | 241.0 (92.2) | 300.5 (172.6) | 0.0007 |
| Saturated Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 24.4 (11.9) | 29.6 (16.2) | 0.0073 |
| Fiber Consumed (g/day) | 19.0 (10.2) | 14.7 (9.7) | 0.0007 |
| Fat Consumed (g/day) | 74.3 (31.2) | 84.7 (41.3) | 0.048 |
| Poly unsaturated Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 16.6 (7.5) | 16.7 (9.9) | 0.96 |
| Protein Consumed (g/day) | 73.3 (22.9) | 82.3 (38.8) | 0.056 |
| Mono unsaturated Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 27.3 (12.8) | 31.8 (16.6) | 0.030 |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 1.80 (0.92) | 1.61 (1.05) | 0.16 |
| Omega-6 Fatty Acids Consumed (g/day) | 16.3 (7.5) | 16.5 (10.0) | 0.86 |
| Omega-6/Omega-3 Ratio | 9.9 (4.2) | 10.8 (3.1) | 0.38 |