Table 3. Dietary intake and physical activity of the study patients.

Variables/groups		Selenium (n = 50)	Placebo (n = 50)	p value*
Energy intake (kcal/day)
	Pre	1,794.2 ± 208.8	1,834.2 ± 207.6	0.594
	Post	1,819.3 ± 212.7	1,828.3 ± 262.7	0.262
Carbohydrate intake (g/day)
	Pre	243.5 ± 27.3	254.0 ± 38.8	0.719
	Post	251.9 ± 52.4	249.8 ± 36.6	0.625
Protein (g/day)
	Pre	71.1 ± 22.8	62.1 ± 9.8	0.554
	Post	70.7 ± 10.6	66.5 ± 10.6	0.314
Fat (g/day)
	Pre	73.1 ± 18.32	69.1 ± 18.2	0.264
	Post	72.9 ± 20.1	70.2 ± 14.7	0.385
Selenium (µg/day)
	Pre	58.6 ± 15.4	57.9 ± 13.7	0.900
	Post	59.4 ± 14.4	59.4 ± 15.9	0.997
Physical activity (MET.h/day)
	Pre	27.2 ± 11.9	28.7 ± 9.3	0.691
	Post	27.6 ± 12.1	28.9 ± 10.0	0.708

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

^*According to independent t-test.