Table 1. Daily Energy and Nutrients Intake of the Subjects at Four Points of Study^a.

Week	Coenzyme Q10 (n = 26)	P Valueb	Placebo (n = 26)	P Valueb	P Valuec
Energy, kcal/d
0	1555 ± 295	0.321	1590 ± 343	< 0.001	0.07
4	1535 ± 250		1585 ± 343		0.08
8	1536 ± 527		1565 ± 310		0.1
12	1584 ± 253		1573 ± 303		0.09
Carbohydrate, g/d		0.123		< 0.001
0	250 ± 57		256 ± 32		0.25
4	253 ± 52		251 ± 35		0.05
8	240 ± 28		249 ± 31		0.81
12	220 ± 30		222 ± 31		0.06
Protein, g/d		0.453		0.45
0	61 ± 14		65 ± 12		0.66
4	60.6 ± 13		65.2 ± 12		0.47
8	61.2 ± 12		61 ± 10		0.58
12	63 ± 12		62 ± 11
Fat, g/d		0.711		< 0.001
0	68 ± 15		61 ± 16		0.43
4	64 ± 10		66 ± 9		0.09
8	66 ± 8		62 ± 9		0.12
12	63 ± 8		64 ± 6		0.21
Cholesterol, mg/d		0.99		0.31
0	137 ± 98		139 ± 88		0.04
4	127 ± 98		156 ± 82		0.04
8	147 ± 68		137 ± 112		0.37
12	156 ± 98		139 ± 98
Saturated Fat, g/d		0.05		0.06
0	8.9 ± 5.3		9 ± 4.4		0.64
4	9 ± 5		9 ± 4.4		0.02
8	8.5 ± 5		9.2 ± 4		0.07
12	8.9 ± 4.7		8.7 ± 5.6		0.1
Monounsaturated Fat, g/d		0.121		0.423
0	8.9 ± 4		8.3 ± 7		0.15
4	9 ± 5		8 ± 4		0.01
8	9.2 ± 4		8.9 ± 2.8		0.002
12	8.8 ± 4.2		9.4 ± 4.6		0.08
Polyunsaturated Fat, g/d		0.112		0.29
0	16 ± 8		16.7 ± 8		0.48
4	16.7 ± 5		16.9 ± 6		0.49
8	15.9 ± 4		15.8 ± 5		0.22
12	15.8 ± 6.4		16.3 ± 4.6
Vitamin A, IU/d		0.313		0.421
0	499 ± 262		507 ± 168		0.55
4	495 ± 268		512 ± 245		0.12
8	497 ± 258		402 ± 249		0.08
12	494 ± 268		499 ± 300
Vitamin C, mg/d		0.246		0.26
0	68 ± 5.3		69 ± 3.3		0.08
4	63 ± 6.3		65 ± 6.3		0.5
8	63 ± 5.6		66 ± 4.3		0.1
12	66 ± 5.3		68 ± 6.6		0.27
Vitamin E, mg/d		0.311		0.212
0	12 ± 3.4		12.5 ± 2.1		0.07
4	11 ± 2.7		13 ± 1.4		0.05
8	12 ± 2.1		12 ± 2.5		0.21
12	13 ± 3.3		13 ± 1.1		0.12

^a Values are expressed as mean ± 2SD.

^b P value for comparison of changes before intervention between the study groups (repeated measures).

^c ANCOVA was used for comparing changes after intervention.