Table 1.
Control Group N = 25 | Differences within Group | Intervention Group N = 80 | Differences within Group | P-Value | |
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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.