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. 2019 Apr 29;149(5):816–823. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy318

TABLE 4.

Change in dietary phosphorus intake, urinary excretion, and percentage excretion between the end of the run-in and the end of the intervention in adults randomly assigned to consume the control, fruits and vegetables, or DASH diet1

Control Fruits and vegetables DASH
Crude Adjusted2 Crude Adjusted2 Crude Adjusted2
n 111 108 118 117 112 112
Dietary phosphorus intake, mg/d
 Composite sample 15 (–19, 49)c 2 (–28, 33)c 280 (247, 313)b,* 294 (265, 324)b,* 933 (900, 967)a,* 933 (903, 963)a,*
 Nutrient database 14 (–11, 40)c 8 (–17, 34)c 84 (59, 109)b,* 91 (67, 116)b,* 653 (627, 679)a,* 653 (628, 677)a,*
Urinary phosphorus excretion, mg/d 71 (15, 127)a,* 83 (27, 139)a,* –46 (–101, 8)b –45 (–98, 9)b 120 (64, 176)a,* 112 (57, 166)a,*
Urinary phosphorus excretion, % of intake
 Composite sample 6 (1, 10)a,* 7 (2, 12)a,* –17 (–21, –12)b,* –17 (–21, –12)b,* –23 (–28, –19)b,* –24 (–29, –20)c,*
 Nutrient database 6 (1, 11)a,* 7 (2, 12)a,* –9 (–13, –4)b,* –9 (–13, –4)b,* –18 (–23, –13)c,* –19 (–23, –14)c,*

1Values are means (95% CIs). DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.

2Adjusted for age, black race, sex, serum 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (at run-in), BMI (at run-in), study center, and calorie intake (at run-in). Means within a row and adjustment category without a common letter differ, P < 0.05.