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. 2022 Nov 23;62(4):1691–1705. doi: 10.1007/s00394-022-03050-3

Table 2.

Dietary intake according to dietary groups

OMN LOV VEG p
Energy (kcal/day) 1961 ± 99 2124 ± 114 2095 ± 1103.71 0.494
Proteins (g/day) 87.50 ± 5.56 84.29 ± 7.99 75.42 ± 3.71 0.307
Carbohydrates (g/day) 185.09 ± 11.01 230.48 ± 10.18a 237.91 ± 12.80a 0.002
Lipids (g/day) 84.91 ± 4.64 85.14 ± 6.57 80.39 ± 7.26 0.827
SFA (g/day) 26.40 ± 1.67 23.19 ± 2.10 15.36 ± 1.41a, b  < 0.001
MUFA(g/day) 34.71 ± 2.48 30.80 ± 3.42 31.48 ± 3.44 0.604
PUFA (g/day) 12.00 ± 0.95 13.91 ± 1.38 18.86 ± 3.44 0.057
LA (g/day) 9.32 ± 0.89 11.77 ± 1.22 12.89 ± 1.40 0.067
ALA (g/day) 1.27 ± 0.13 1.55 ± 0.23 1.38 ± 0.20 0.559
AA (g/day) 0.16 ± 0.02 0.06 ± 0.02a 0.00 ± 0.00a  < 0.001
OA (g/day) 32.04 ± 2.40 27.26 ± 3.17 26.45 ± 2.94 0.277
EPA (g/day) 0.20 ± 0.06 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a  < 0.001
DHA (g/day) 0.49 ± 0.12 0.08 ± 0.03a 0.00 ± 0.00a  < 0.001
n-3 (g/day) 2.03 ± 0.22 1.63 ± 0.23 1.38 ± 0.20 0.113
n-6 (g/day) 9.48 ± 0.89 11.83 ± 1.23 12.90 ± 1.40a 0.017
Ratio n-6/n-3 5.84 ± 0.46 9.06 ± 0.97a 10.77 ± 0.80a  < 0.001

Values are expressed in mean ± SEM and are calculated from data of baseline. Significant differences between diet groups (p < 0.05) by ANOVA

Bold values indicate that the significant differences

OMN omnivorous, LOV lacto-ovo vegetarian, VEG vegan

aDenotes significant differences compared to OMN

bDenotes significant differences compared to LOV