Table 2.
Dietary intake of people living with HIV/AIDS
| Experimental Group (n = 20) |
P value | Control Group (n = 20) |
P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Curcumin Effect | Time Effect (Pre) | Pre | Post | Placebo Effect | Time Effect (Post) | |
| 24 h-Food Recall | ||||||||
| Energy (Kcal/day) | 1837.1 (717.6) | 1782.1 (739.3) | 0.805 | 0.730 | 1736.5 (925.0) | 1680.6 (580.4) | 0.785 | 0.632 |
| Protein (g/kg/day) | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.4 (0.7) | 0.972 | 0.615 | 1.5 (0.7) | 1.2 (0.7) | 0,216 | 0.701 |
| Protein (%)a | 19.4 (5.6) | 19.9 (6.1) | 0.741 | 0.172 | 21.8 (5.5) | 19.1 (6.8) | 0.268 | 0.701 |
| Carbohydrate (%)a | 54.9 (12.1) | 53.5 (11.2) | 0.653 | 0.666 | 56.5 (9.2) | 58.2 (8.3) | 0.539 | 0.143 |
| Lipid (%)a | 25.7 (9.3) | 26.6 (7.0) | 0.692 | 0.139 | 21.7 (7.0) | 22.7 (7.5) | 0.602 | 0.100 |
| Saturated Fat Acid (%)a | 7.6 (4.2) | 9.3 (2.9) | 0.113 | 0.961 | 7.6 (3.3) | 7.3 (3.4) | 0.760 | 0.055 |
| Cholesterol (g/day) | 306.2 (146.5) | 383.3 (290.6) | 0.346 | 0.585 | 346.5 (293.0) | 306.5 (205.0) | 0.509 | 0.341 |
| Fiber (g/day) | 22.4 (15.3) | 21.7 (8.6) | 0.846 | 0.947 | 22.7 (12.0) | 23.3 (9.4) | 0.828 | 0.596 |
| Food Consumption Markers | ||||||||
| Groups 1–5 | 55.0 (13.0) | 56.3 (13.9) | 0.663 | 0.897 | 55.7 (20.6) | 54.6 (15.6) | 0.761 | 0.715 |
| Groups 6–10 | 18.9 (12.0) | 14.6 (11.6) | 0.188 | 0.349 | 15.4 (10.8) | 16.4 (11.9) | 0.731 | 0.620 |
All values are expressed as mean (standard deviation). aResults in percentage of energy contribution