Table 5.

Between-group differences (intervention versus control) in mean change of total energy (kcal/day) and macro-and micronutrient intakes (g/day) among school-aged children (n = 183).

Intervention (n = 102) Control (n = 81)
	Mean Change Mean ± SE		p-Value †
Energy intake (Kcal)	94.71 ± 68.80	−110.00 ± 77.02	0.0469
Macronutrients
Carbohydrates (g)	9.76 ± 9.89	−8.31 ± 11.07	0.132
Sugar (g)	−1.36 ± 3.63	0.99 ± 4.07	0.661
Dietary fiber (g)	1.03 ± 1.01	−2.60 ± 1.19	0.027
Protein (g)	5.95 ± 1.94	−0.38 ± 2.17	0.033
Total fat (g)	3.25 ± 4.60	−8.35 ± 5.17	0.064
MUFA (g)	1.76 ± 3.49	−5.45 ± 4.76	0.130
PUFA (g)	−6.45 ± 1.07	−2.04 ± 1.25	0.212
Saturated fat (g)	1.48 ± 0.82	−1.76 ± 0.92	0.017
Trans fat (g)	−0.05 ± 0.04	0.03 ± 0.05	0.893
Micronutrients
Vitamin C (mg)	10.41 ± 5.27	0.08 ± 5.90	0.116
Vitamin A (µg)	90.31 ± 53.18	−0.05 ± 69.22	0.167
Vitamin D (µg)	0.34 ± 0.20	0.12 ± 0.22	0.242
Vitamin E (mg)	0.12 ± 0.65	−1.70 ± 0.75	0.055
Vitamin K (µg)	124.08 ± 20.49	−36.90 ± 24.87	0.0001
Vitamin B1 (mg)	0.10 ± 0.08	−0.0001 ± 0.08	0.196
Vitamin B2 (mg)	0.08 ± 0.18	−0.01 ± 0.22	0.375
Vitamin B3 (mg)	1.36 ± 0.79	−0.03 ± 0.88	0.140
Vitamin B6 (mg)	0.11 ± 0.05	−0.01 ± 0.06	0.094
Vitamin B12 (µg)	0.06 ± 0.24	0.24 ± 0.30	0.676
Folate (µg)	12.41 ± 24.10	−19.97 ± 32.24	0.224
Iron (mg)	0.94 ± 1.21	−2.40 ± 1.65	0.073
Zinc (mg)	0.30 ± 0.55	−1.58 ± 0.70	0.037
Calcium (mg)	141.19 ± 40.61	−28.75 ± 50.59	0.017
Phosphorus (mg)	73.11 ± 34.11	−23.73 ± 38.20	0.050
Magnesium (mg)	26.76 ± 9.32	−18.29 ± 10.43	0.007
Sodium (g)	0.25 ± 0.13	0.03 ± 0.14	0.143
Potassium (g)	0.18 ± 0.10	−0.03 ± 0.12	0.109

^† Differences in mean changes of nutrient intakes between intervention and control groups were conducted using clustered independent tests. Statistical significance was determined at p-value < 0.05.