Table 6.

Comparison of nutrient intake between case group and control group.

Nutrients	Case group x ± s	Control group x ± s	T-value	P-value*
Energy/kcal	1,2316.67 ± 9,423.33	12,739.07 ± 9,125.73	0.929	0.353
Protein/g	488.1 ± 362.68	523.62 ± 366.56	1.988	0.047
Fat/g	66.55 ± 49.81	77.03 ± 53.79	4.127	<0.001
Dietary fiber/g	523.67 ± 404.37	622.23 ± 450.09	4.702	<0.001
Carbohydrate/g	2,951.95 ± 2219.76	3,097.36 ± 2,184.58	1.348	0.178
Vitamin A/mg	6.95 ± 7.42	8.88 ± 9.46	4.654	<0.001
Vitamin E/mg	53.66 ± 56.91	67.19 ± 67.21	4.437	<0.001
Vitamin C/mg	7,169.8 ± 7,721.6	7,998.65 ± 6,979.39	2.298	0.022
Vitamin B6/mg	44.13 ± 33.89	45.82 ± 32.77	1.038	0.299
Folate/mg	2.95 ± 2.14	3.31 ± 2.25	3.309	0.001
Niacin/mg	104.66 ± 93.24	132.94 ± 103.49	5.859	<0.001
Carotene/mg	41.23 ± 44.09	52.74 ± 56.24	4.648	<0.001
Vitamin B1/mg	16.7 ± 12.55	17.56 ± 12.4	1.405	0.160
Vitamin B2/mg	5.69 ± 4.16	6.46 ± 4.26	3.703	<0.001
Potassium/mg	75,229.53 ± 55,385.67	82,862.7 ± 58,035.13	2.746	0.006
Magnesium/mg	5,185.15 ± 3,820.41	5,695.89 ± 3,971.29	2.675	0.008
Sodium/mg	2,126.71 ± 1,682.28	2,500.35 ± 1,951.7	4.185	<0.001
Calcium/mg	2,268.52 ± 1,719.59	2,577.58 ± 1,702.18	3.687	<0.001
Iron/mg	117.9 ± 89.83	132.18 ± 87.81	3.282	0.001
Zinc/mg	62.78 ± 46.15	68.34 ± 46.79	2.442	0.015
Copper/mg	20.65 ± 15.26	22.66 ± 15.34	2.686	0.007
Iodium/ug	476.13 ± 389.99	568.69 ± 468.82	4.381	<0.001
Manganese/mg	30.08 ± 22.16	34.26 ± 22.75	3.802	<0.001
Selenium/ug	80.47 ± 60.85	83.44 ± 56.87	1.031	0.303
Phosphorus/mg	9,562.3 ± 7,127.92	10,450.97 ± 7,438.32	2.49	0.013

^*P-value for t test.

Bold values indicates statistical significance, which is defined as a two-side P < 0.05.