Table 1.
Mean particle size comparisons between digestion phases for each nut
(Mean values with their standard errors; n 7)
| Walnuts | Almonds | Pistachios | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sem | Mean | sem | Mean | sem | |
| Oral (µm) | 338 a (mean values range from 199·29 to 419·07) | 10 | 308 b (mean values range from 197·71 to 404·71) | 10 | 316 a (mean values range from 330·34 to 465·40) | 10 |
| Gastric (µm) | 340 a (mean values range from 235·55 to 396·02) | 10 | 292 b (mean values range from 239·04 to 337·68) | 10 | 290 b (mean values range from 216·66 to 417·79) | 10 |
| Intestine (µm) | 396 a (mean values range from 254·05 to 369·27) | 10 | 301 b (mean values range from 160·92 to 355·58) | 10 | 347 c (mean values range from 294·74 to 439·68) | 10 |
a,b,c
Mean values in a column with unlike superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0·05; repeated-measures ANOVA).