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. 2017 Oct 2;16:64. doi: 10.1186/s12937-017-0287-9

Table 3.

Predicted change in d2 outcomes after intervention with fish (n = 137), meat (n = 148), n-3 supplements (n = 141)

Models adjusted for:
Crude Baseline scorea Baseline, dietary complianceb
d2 test of attention outcomesc Pre Mean ± SD Post Mean ± SD P-within d Coefficients (95% CI) P-value Coefficients (95% CI) P-value
Concentration performance (CP)
Fish 142.4 ± 35.0 177.3 ± 36.8 <0.001 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
Meat 146.3 ± 31.5 178.5 ± 37.6 <0.001 −2.3 (−6.8, 2.2) 0.317 −3.4 (−8.2, 1.3) 0.159
Supplement 143.8 ± 35.8 176.1 ± 40.7 <0.001 −2.4 (−6.9, 2.2) 0.306 −4.4 (−9.7, 1.0) 0.110
Total performance (TN-E)
Fish 377.4 ± 73.5 453.3 ± 72.6 <0.001 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
Meat 379.1 ± 73.2 446.3 ± 77.0 <0.001 −7.9 (−17.4, 1.6) 0.103 −10.0 (−20.1, 0.0) 0.051
Supplement 381.9 ± 77.4 446.5 ± 83.2 <0.001 −10.4 (−20.0, −0.7) 0.035 −14.1 (−25.5, −2.7) 0.015
Processing speed (TN)
Fish 408.7 ± 80.3 482.1 ± 79.0 <0.001 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
Meat 404.0 ± 79.6 466.1 ± 80.4 <0.001 −11.8 (−23.3, −0.4) 0.042 −13.3 (−25.5, −1.2) 0.031
Supplement 413.9 ± 83.9 472.8 ± 89.1 <0.001 −13.4 (−24.9, −1.8) 0.024 −16.0 (−29.6, −2.4) 0.022

Pre and post data are presented as mean ± SD and difference between treatment groups presented as coefficients (95% CI). Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence interval

aBetween group differences analyzed using linear mixed effects model, with school class as random intercept

bAdjusted for the equivalent outcome at baseline and for dietary compliance (i.e. the total intake of study meals or supplements) during the trial

cAn increase in d2 outcomes indicates improvement

dPaired-samples T-test for comparison within treatment groups from pre to post intervention