Table 3.
Energy, food sodium, and food potassium intake of subjects in three consecutive days in four 6-h intervals starting at wake-up time and over a 24-h period.
| Morning (0–6 h) | Afternoon (6–12 h) | Evening (12–18 h) | Overnight (18–24 h) | 24 h | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Energy intake (kcal/time interval) | ||||||||||
| Total | 652 | 356 | 692 | 314 | 511 | 292 | 181 | 186 | 1,686 | 610 |
| Male | 674 | 379 | 699 | 300 | 553 | 311 | 207 | 218 | 1,792* | 671 |
| Female | 627 | 327 | 684 | 332 | 459 | 260 | 126 | 72 | 1,561 | 507 |
| Food sodium intake (mg/time interval) | ||||||||||
| Total | 757 | 535.58 | 776.18 | 515.39 | 517.48 | 389.04 | 89.22 | 126.04 | 2,064.26 | 1,006.78 |
| Male | 783.1 | 577.5 | 766.3 | 569.9 | 558.0 | 425.0 | 108.1 | 142.9 | 2,124.80 | 1,172.05 |
| Female | 724.32 | 479.58 | 788.65 | 335.14 | 466.88 | 335.14 | 53.41 | 79.78 | 1,987.69 | 749.15 |
| Food potassium intake (mg/time interval) | ||||||||||
| Total | 877.47 | 492.41 | 913.52 | 460.67 | 581.39 | 355.58 | 139.25 | 147.02 | 2,366.91 | 793.10 |
| Male | 882.0 | 513.9 | 898.6 | 516.1 | 582.0 | 333.3 | 174.3 | 145.9 | 2,362.6 | 874.2 |
| Female | 871.73 | 467.52 | 932.35 | 382.13 | 580.60 | 384.84 | 100.26 | 146.41 | 2,372.33 | 683.20 |
Results are presented as mean (SD). P-values derived through Student’s t-test for differences between genders and one-way ANOVA among 6-h intervals. * p < 0.05 indicates significant difference between males and females.