Table 2.
Increase in sample size (%) required to maintain 80% power when using MyFitnessPal for nutrient analysis instead of Nubel to detect a true effect if correlated with an outcome variable.
| Nubel sample size | Percentage (%) increase in MyFitnessPal sample size required to maintain a statistical power of 80% | |||||||
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Energy intake | Carbohydrate | Fat | Protein | Sugar | Fiber | Cholesterol | Sodium |
| 50 | 11 | 28 | 21 | 33 | 64 | 65 | 347 | 364 |
| 100 | 10 | 27 | 20 | 32 | 60 | 65 | 277 | 307 |
| 500 | 10 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 40 | 36 | 68 | 72 |