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. 2018 Aug 17;10(8):1110. doi: 10.3390/nu10081110

Table 4.

Appetite responses via visual analogue scales, and subsequent energy intake following treatments (note: the breakfast and the lunch tests were on different days).

Satiety and Energy Intake Mean (SD) Mean Difference (95% CI)
Water
Preload + Rice
Rice
Preload + Rice
Kiwifruit
Preload + Rice
Rice vs. Water Kiwifruit vs. Water Kiwifruit vs. Rice
Appetite after breakfast cm·min 593 (177) 605 (226) 687 (218) 12 (−39, 63)
p = 0.650
94 (39, 149)
p = 0.001
82 (26, 138)
p = 0.004
Appetite after lunch cm·min 690 (229) 631 (242) 724 (261) −59 (−103, −15)
p = 0.009
34 (−19, 86)
p = 0.208
93 (28, 157)
p = 0.005
Energy intake after breakfast (MJ) 6.08 (2.02) 5.99 (2.44) 6.08 (2.34) −0.09 (−0.94, 0.76)
p = 0.836
0.00 (−0.88, 0.89)
p = 0.995
0.09 (−0.72, 0.90)
p = 0.823
Energy intake after lunch (MJ) 4.22 (2.20) 4.41 (1.87) 4.32 (1.54) 0.19 (−0.58, 0.96)
p = 0.629
0.10 (−0.63, 0.83)
p = 0.788
−0.09 (−0.74, 0.56)
p = 0.786

Appetite scale combined all four items, with the ‘how full do you feel’ item reversed. A higher score indicates a greater appetite. Appetite n = 28 at breakfast; n = 29 at lunch; Energy intake n = 27.