Table 3.

Dietary intake of macronutrients, electrolytes, and dietary acid load at baseline (t₀) and at 4 weeks (t₄)

	LBHP			MBMP			HBLP			MBLP			Intergroup comparison
	t0	t4	Pa	t0	t4	Pa	t0	t4	Pa	t0	t4	Pa	Pbt0	Pbt4
Energy intake (kJ)	9,700 ± 2,420	8,830 ± 2,060	0.074	8,810 ± 2,200	9,230 ± 2,110	0.408	9,850 ± 2,990	8,650 ± 2,070	0.016	8,860 ± 2,410	9,080 ± 2,770	0.831	0.115	0.534
Protein (g)	88.3 ± 30.7	84.2 ± 25.5	0.491	82.2 ± 26.1	88.4 ± 23.3	0.173	85.4 ± 26.8	75.8 ± 21.9	0.077	76.5 ± 26.0	80.6 ± 26.1	0.221	0.351	0.272
Ca2+ (mg)	851 ± 239	863 ± 253	0.895	822 ± 376	783 ± 381	0.842	790± 234	773 ± 225	0.438	778 ± 329	756 ± 269	0.761	0.475	0.116
Mg2+ (mg)	356 ± 92.0	302 ± 88.3	0.005	351 ± 111	353 ± 112	0.822	362 ± 136	286 ± 80.9	0.001	312 ± 101	310 ± 106	0.808	0.701	0.096
K+(g)	3.33 ± 0.79	2.95 ± 0.90	0.020	3.26 ± 0.91	3.25 ± 0.97	0.960	3.13 ± 0.66	2.79 ± 0.64	0.026	2.91 ± 0.82	2.84 ± 0.88	0.349	0.570	0.341
PO43−(g)	1.48 ± 0.31	1.36 ± 0.31	0.191	1.36 ± 0.43	1.47 ± 0.39	0.217	1.40 ± 0.39	1.27 ± 0.31	0.066	1.25 ± 0.42	1.30 ± 0.44	0.371	0.148	0.241
Na+(mg)	2.33 ± 0.92	2.36 ± 0.94	0.791	1.98 ± 0.82	2.67 ± 1.07	0.004	2.31 ± 0.93	2.50 ± 1.85	0.567	2.93 ± 3.79	2.50 ± 1.12	0.393	0.100	0.351
Cl− (mg)	2.83 ± 0.93	2.93 ± 1.12	0.874	2.89 ± 1.00	3.83 ± 1.82	0.043	3.03 ± 1.24	3.30 ± 2.24	0.814	4.20 ± 5.59	3.61 ± 1.47	0.191	0.913	0.062
PRAL1995 (mEq/d)	−12.1 ± 32.1	−7.78 ± 26.5	0.426	−1.58 ± 24.5	3.08 ± 19.7	0.303	−5.19 ± 24.6	−6.05 ± 26.8	0.598	−3.08 ± 20.7	4.41 ± 14.6	0.008	0.538	0.152
PRAL2003 (mEq/d)	7.73 ± 25.4	10.7 ± 18.2	0.508	2.30 ± 18.2	10.2 ± 15.1	0.075	8.19 ± 22.0	8.12 ± 16.6	0.779	4.58 ± 17.0	10.1 ± 15.4	0.237	0.909	0.895
NEAP1995 (mEq/d)	30.1 ± 32.3	34.9 ± 27.3	0.437	42.4 ± 25.7	47.0 ± 23.3	0.315	37.8 ± 25.2	36.9 ± 27.3	0.598	40.3 ± 22.8	47.3 ± 16.7	0.011	0.351	0.161
NEAP2003(mEq/d)	49.9 ± 26.4	53.4 ± 20.2	0.515	46.3 ± 20.0	54.2 ± 18.8	0.080	51.2 ± 18.3	51.1 ± 18.3	0.779	48.0 ± 18.7	53.1 ± 17.5	0.289	0.990	0.882

All p values < 0.05 were accounted as statistically significant.

^aWilcoxon test.

^bKruskal–Wallis test.