Table 2.

Mean particle size comparisons between nuts after each digestion phase

(Mean values with their standard errors; n 7)

	Oral		Gastric		Intestine
	Mean	sem	Mean	sem	Mean	sem
Walnuts (µm)	338 a	10	340 a	10	396 a	10
Almonds (µm)	308 a	10	292 a	10	301 b	10
Pistachio (µm)	316 c	10	290 a	10	347 c	10

^a,b,c Mean values in a column with unlike superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0·05; repeated-measures ANOVA).