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. 2018 Apr 21;10(4):518. doi: 10.3390/nu10040518

Table 2.

Carbohydrate exchange unit (CU) and the protein–fat exchange unit (PFU) counting by the dietician and the VoiceDiab system.

Meal N Carbohydrate Exchange Units (CU) Protein-Fat Exchange Units (PFU)
Dietician
Mean ± SD
Min–Max
System
Mean ± SD
Min–Max
p Dietician
Mean ± SD
Min–Max
System
Mean ± SD
Min–Max
p
Breakfast 110 3.8 ± 0.8
2.2–6.0
4.1 ± 0.9
2.4–6.5
<0.0001 2.3 ± 0.6
0.7–3.7
2.2 ± 0.6
0.6–3.4
<0.0001
Morning snack 81 1.1 ± 0.4
0.5–3.1
1.1 ± 0.5
0.5–3.2
0.01 0.4 ± 0.3
0.0–1.9
0.4 ± 0.2
0.0–1.1
0.01
Lunch 130 5.5 ± 1.0
2.3–9.1
5.5 ± 1.0
2.9–8.0
0.78 2.8 ± 0.8
1.2–5.1
2.3 ± 0.8
0.7–5.2
<0.0001
Afternoon snack 100 1.2 ± 0.4
1.0–2.6
1.3 ± 0.4
0.9–2.5
<0.0001 0.05 ± 0.14
0.0–0.5
0.05 ± 0.13
0.0–0.6
0.28
Supper 114 3.9 ± 0.9
2.3–6.7
4.2 ± 0.9
2.7–6.5
<0.0001 2.5 ± 0.6
0.8–4.4
2.3 ± 0.5
0.7–4.2
<0.0001