Table 5.
The intake of different food items during run-in and after two weeks.
| Categories | Control Group N = 25 |
Intervention Group N = 80 |
p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Times/ day |
Days/ 4 days |
Times/ 4 days |
Times/ day |
Days/ 4 days |
Times/ 4 days |
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|
Baseline Missing |
1 |
2 |
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| Meat | 1 (1–2) |
4 (1–4) |
4 (1.25–8) |
1 (1–2) |
4 (2–4) |
4 (2–8) |
0.393 |
| Fish/seafood | 1 (0–1) |
1 (0–2) |
1 (0–1.75) |
1 (0–1) |
1 (0–2) |
1 (0–2) |
0.806 |
|
Vegetable/ legumes |
1 (1–1.75) |
3 (2–4) |
4 (2.25–4) |
1 (1–1) |
4 (3–4) |
4 (3–4) |
0.302 |
| Fruits/nuts | 1 (1–1) |
2 (2–4) |
2 (2–4) |
1 (1–1) |
3 (1–4) |
3 (1–4) |
0.652 |
| Dairy products | 1 (1–1.75) |
4 (2–4) |
4 (2–4) |
1 (1–2) |
3 (2–4) |
4 (2–8) |
0.604 |
| Cereals | 2 (1–2) |
4 (4–4) |
8 (4–8) |
2 (1–2) |
4 (4–4) |
8 (4–8) |
0.504 |
|
Sweets/
soft drinks |
1 (1–2) |
4 (1–4) |
4 (2–8) |
1 (1–2) |
4 (2–4) |
4 (2–8) |
0.920 |
|
After 2 weeks Missing |
3 |
6 |
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| Meat | 1 (1–2) |
3 (2–4) |
4 (2–7) |
1 (1–1) |
4 (2–4) |
4 (2–4) |
0.793 |
| Fish/seafood | 1 (0–1) |
1 (0–1.5) |
1 (0–1.25) |
1 (1–1) |
1 (1–2) |
1 (1–2) |
0.022 |
|
Vegetable/
legumes |
1 (1–1.25) |
4 (2.5–4) |
4 (2.5–5) |
1 (1–2) |
4 (4–4) |
4 (4–8) |
0.034 |
| Fruits/nuts | 1 (0.75–2) |
2 (0.5–4) |
2 (0.5–5) |
2 (1–2.9) |
4 (3–4) |
8 (4–8) |
<0.001 |
| Dairy products | 1 (1–1) |
4 (3–4) |
4 (3–4) |
1 (1–2) |
4 (3–4) |
4 (3–8) |
0.036 |
| Cereals | 2 (1–2) |
4 (4–4) |
8 (4–8) |
1 (1–2) |
4 (1–4) |
4 (1–8) |
0.002 |
| Sweets/soft drinks | 1 (0.75–2) |
3 (0.5–4) |
4 (0.5–4) |
0 (0–1) |
0 (0–2) |
0 (0–2) |
0.001 |
The control group continued with their ordinary food habits during the two-week observational time period. The frequency of each food intake/day was registered, as well as the number of such days during the four-day registration (day 6–10 during run-in and day 10–14 during the study). The total frequency of each item/4 days were compared between the two groups by Mann–Whitney U test. Values are presented as median and interquartile rages (IQR). p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.