Table 2.

Dietary daily intake of energy, macronutrients and fatty acids during the control and low LA diet phase (median interquartile range).

	Control phase	Low LA diet
Total energy (kJ)	7852 (6509–9566)	6734 (5637–8374)*
Protein (g)	82.0 (69.2–99.1)	81.4 (67.3–99.9)
Carbohydrate (g)	205.7 (165.1–243.6)	196.7 (138.4–242.8)
Total fat (g)	63.0 (51.3–83.8)	51.5 (42.1–64.5)*
Monounsaturated fat (%E)	10.8 (9.5–14.4)	11.8 (9.2–14.3)
Saturated fat (%E)	10.8 (8.1–12.7)	11.5 (9.5–13.8)*
n-3 LCPUFA (mg)	235.0 (132.5–365.0)	215.0 (150.0–415.0)
n-3 LCPUFA (%E)	0.12% (0.07–0.20)	0.15% (0.08–0.17)
LA (g)	8.5 (6.6–13.6)	4.2 (9.5–13.8)*
LA (%E)	4.6 (3.5–5.3)	2.0 (1.7–2.6)*
ALA (g)	1.23 (0.81–1.68)	0.57 (0.45–0.81)*
ALA (%E)	0.53 (0.44–0.81)	0.31 (0.27–0.38)*

ALA, α-linolenic acid; LA, linoleic acid.

^*P<0.05.