Table 7.
Treatment group | Low | Medium | High | ||||||
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Baseline (n = 27) | Week 12 (n = 28) | Pa | Baseline (n = 27) | Week 12 (n = 21) | P | Baseline (n = 24) | Week 12 (n = 21) | P | |
Energy (Kcal/day) | 1532 ± 451.72b | 1506 ± 526.37 | 0.715 | 1623 ± 549.91 | 1792.62 ± 665.34 | 0.845 | 1562 ± 501.51 | 1731 ± 583.89 | 0.163 |
Carbohydrate (g/day) | 165.52 ± 47.76 | 154.21 ± 46.65 | 0.144 | 165.67 ± 44.26 | 162.43 ± 50.24 | 0.500 | 173.38 ± 63.37 | 170.00 ± 54.52 | 0.472 |
Protein (g) | 74.74 ± 42.49 | 72.39 ± 24.59 | 0.726 | 75.85 ± 33.37 | 71.90 ± 28.28 | 0.184 | 77.21 ± 27.46 | 70.71 ± 32.31 | 0.139 |
Fat (g) | 61.07 ± 25.96 | 59.86 ± 18.31 | 0.935 | 59.56 ± 16.74 | 65.40 ± 23.34 | 0.887 | 61.21 ± 23.32 | 59.00 ± 25.08 | 0.868 |
Carbohydrate (% EI) | 44.32 ± 9.85 | 45.74 ± 28.91 | 0.068 | 42.52 ± 8.99 | 37.60 ± 7.82 | 0.184 | 44.26 ± 5.31 | 41.00 ± 11.35 | 0.744 |
Protein (% EI) | 15.55 ± 2.55 | 18.28 ± 12.52 | 0.563 | 15.27 ± 3.42 | 15.37 ± 5.84 | 0.500 | 15.46 ± 2.13 | 13.59 ± 3.67 | 0.018 |
Fat (% EI) | 42.76 ± 17.35 | 47.89 ± 25.98 | 0.503 | 42.11 ± 11.52 | 38.67 ± 12.85 | 0.112 | 46.94 ± 19.53 | 37.71 ± 13.52 | 0.022 |
Nutrient intake did not differ between the groups at either baseline or post-intervention (Kruskal–Wallis test)
EI energy intake
aWilcoxon signed-rank test comparing week 12 to baseline within groups
bMean ± SD (all such values)