Table 4.

Changes of the calorie and AGE intake over the 8 weeks of intervention estimated from 3-day food records at baseline and end of study (Mean values and standard deviations)

	L-AGE (n = 20)				Reg-AGE (n = 20)				P*	P†
	Baseline		After 8 weeks		Baseline		After 8 weeks
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Energy (Kcal/d)	2042.1	266.1	1673.1	230	1920.7	192.6	1667.7	230.8	NS	NS
dAGEs (as CML, kU/d)	12,772	3369	6022	1191	12,917	3658	13,875	2931	NS	<0.0001

AGE, advanced glycation end product; dAGEs, dietary AGEs; CML, carboxymethyl lysine; kU, kilo unit

*P values are for comparison between the two groups at baseline (independent t test)

† P values are for comparison between the two groups after 8 weeks (independent t test)