Table 3.

Energy and macronutrients

		Baseline	Treatment	Effect	P value
Energy (MJ/day)	Dietary intake	11 (6.4, 14.4)	11.3 (5.9, 12.5)	−0.5 (−3.1, 1.6)	0.735
	Faeces	4.6 (1.7, 8.6)	4.1 (0.9, 7.3)	−0.4 (−2.2, 1.1)	0.237
	Absolute absorption	5.1 (3.3, 11.8)	6.0 (3.2, 9.5)	0.4 (−2.6, 1.7)	0.612
Carbohydrate (MJ/day)	Dietary intake	4.2 (2.4, 6.1)	4.3 (1.6, 5.1)	−0.4 (−1.2, 0.9)	0.176
	Faeces	0.5 (0.2, 1.2)	0.6 (0.2, 0.9)	−0.1 (−0.3, 0.1)	0.446
	Absolute absorption	3.6 (2.1, 5.7)	3.7 (1.4, 4.8)	−0.3 (−0.9, 0.7)	0.176
Protein (MJ/day)	Dietary intake	2.2 (1.0, 2.7)	2.1 (0.9, 2.4)	−0.1 (−0.6, 0.5)	0.249
	Faeces	1.1 (0.4, 2.3)	1.1 (0.2, 1.7)	−0.07 (−0.6, 0.1)	0.398
	Absolute absorption	0.6 (0.4, 1.7)	0.8 (0.03, 1.8)	−0.1 (−0.4, 0.4)	0.612
Fat (MJ/day)	Dietary intake	3.4 (2.7, 5.5)	4.0 (2.4, 5.4)	−0.2 (−0.6, 0.7)	0.735
	Faeces	2.2 (0.8, 4.2)	2.1 (0.5, 4.0)	−0.2 (−1.7, 0.4)	0.237
	Absolute absorption	1.1 (0.5, 4.2)	0.8 (0.5, 4.1)	0.01 (−0.3, 0.8)	0.866

Data are presented as median (min, max).