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. 2019 Jul 20;11(7):1662. doi: 10.3390/nu11071662

Table 1.

Dietary intake before and after 2 weeks.

Control Group N = 25 Differences within Group Intervention Group N = 80 Differences within Group P-Value
Times/4 days Times/4 days
Baseline Missing 1 2
Meat 4 (1.25–8) 4 (2–8) 0.393
Fish/seafood 1 (0–1.75) 1 (0–2) 0.806
Vegetable/legumes 4 (2.25–4) 4 (3–4) 0.302
Fruits/nuts 2 (2–4) 3 (1–4) 0.652
Dairy products 4 (2–4) 4 (2–8) 0.604
Cereals 8 (4–8) 8 (4–8) 0.504
Sweets/soft drinks 4 (2–8) 4 (2–8) 0.920
After 2 weeks Missing 3 6
Meat 4 (2–7) 0 (−0.5–0.5) 4 (2–4) 0 (−2.25–0) 0.793
Fish/seafood 1 (0–1.25) 0 (−1–1) 1 (1–2) 0 (−2.25–1) 0.022
Vegetable/legumes 4 (2.5–5) 0 (0–1) 4 (4–8) 0 (0–4) 0.034
Fruits/nuts 2 (0.5–5) 0 (−1.5–1.5) 8 (4–8) 4 (0–6) <0.001
Dairy products 4 (3–4) 0 (−1–0) 4 (3–8) 1 (0–4) 0.036
Cereals 8 (4–8) 0 (−0.5–0) 4 (1–8) −4 (−6.25–0) 0.002
Sweets/soft drinks 4 (0.5–4) 0 (−1–0) 0 (0–2) −3 (−4–1) 0.001

The control group continued with their ordinary food habits during the 2-week observational time period. The frequency of each food intake/day was registered, as well as the number of such days during the 4-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. The intake differences between 2 weeks and baseline within each groups are shown. Values are presented as median and interquartile rages (IQR). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.