Table 3:
Dietary intakes before and after intervention
| Variables | Zinc (n=22) | Placebo (n=22) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before (mean ± SD) | After (mean ± SD) | pa | Before (mean ± SD) | After (mean ± SD) | pa | |
| Energy (Kcal/day) | 1909± 485.14 | 2547± 939.20 | 0.037* | 1939± 328.60 | 2300± 753.05 | 0.134 |
| Cho (gr/day) | 290.29± 78.64 | 409.91± 194.93 | 0.071 | 285.04± 55.80 | 317.08±101.14 | 0.341 |
| Pro (gr/day) | 77.61± 22.43 | 103.18±32.35 | 0.019* | 76.53± 17.40 | 85.06± 26.36 | 0.394 |
| Fat (gr/day) | 51.30± 17.17 | 70.06± 27.56 | 0.017* | 56.19± 15.65 | 81.99± 44.61 | 0.092 |
| Dietary zinc(mg/day) | 7.94± 2.48 | 11.68± 3.49 | 0.008* | 8.32± 1.64 | 9.70± 3.89 | 0.313 |
Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation, Cho: Carbohydrate, Pro: protein;
*
Statistically significant,
a
: Paired t-test.