Table 2.
Daily dietary intakes before and after the study
| Variable | DASH (N = 20) |
Control (N = 20) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (Kcal) | |||
| Baseline | 1585.60 ± 187.67 | 1629.50 ± 206.54 | 0.488** |
| End | 1553.00 ± 134.07 | 1640.10 ± 174.38 | 0.104*** |
| P* | 0.326 | 0.895 | |
| Carbohydrates (g) | |||
| Baseline | 227.55 ± 31.46 | 234.40 ± 36.20 | 0.527** |
|
End P* |
219.59 ± 22.94 0.243 |
232.80 ± 25.70 0.949 |
0.123*** |
| Protein (g) | |||
| Baseline | 73.09 ± 8.17 | 75.72 ± 12.51 | 0.436** |
| End | 69.52 ± 8.94 | 70.85 ± 13.68 | 0.978*** |
| P* | 0.192 | 0.164 | |
| Fat (g) | |||
| Baseline | 46.17 ± 6.18 | 46.78 ± 10.11 | 0.841** |
| End | 48.21 ± 5.61 | 49.84 ± 7.41 | 0.461*** |
| P* | 0.094 | 0.270 | |
| Carbohydrates (%) | |||
| Baseline | 57.33 ± 2.28 | 57.07 ± 3.46 | 0.780** |
| End | 56.54 ± 2.89 | 56.66 ± 3.60 | 0.910*** |
| P* | 0.290 | 0.692 | |
| Protein (%) | |||
| Baseline | 18.47 ± 1.00 | 18.99 ± 2.26 | 0.354** |
| End | 17.90 ± 1.66 | 17.46 ± 2.70 | 0.535*** |
| P* | 0.211 | 0.054 | |
| Fat (%) | |||
| Baseline | 26.23 ± 2.03 | 25.96 ± 4.00 | 0.791** |
| End | 27.94 ± 2.23 | 27.49 ± 3.13 | 0.609*** |
| P* | 0.006 | 0.109 | |
| SFA (g) | |||
| Baseline | 9.37 ± 2.73 | 18.41 ± 5.66 | < 0.001** |
| End | 9.69 ± 2.00 | 17.39 ± 3.28 | < 0.001*** |
| P* | 0.242 | 0.309 | |
| MUFA(g) | |||
| Baseline | 21.09 ± 3.22 | 14.25 ± 3.99 | < 0.001** |
| End | 21.63 ± 3.45 | 15.60 ± 3.48 | 0.057*** |
| P* | 0.415 | 0.222 | |
| PUFA (g) | |||
| Baseline | 8.89 ± 1.18 | 7.63 ± 4.45 | 0.227** |
| End | 10.03 ± 1.93 | 9.82 ± 4.81 | 0.868*** |
| P* | 0.088 | 0.096 | |
| Dietary fiber (g) | |||
| Baseline | 23.06 ± 6.45 | 17.89 ± 5.57 | 0.010** |
| End | 21.93 ± 6.32 | 17.19 ± 6.32 | 0.794*** |
| P* | 0.065 | 0.346 | |
| Sodium (mg) | |||
| Baseline | 925.69 ± 344.87 | 1341.12 ± 504.75 | 0.004** |
| End | 987.39 ± 345.33 | 1277.44 ± 412.15 | 0.078*** |
| P* | 0.465 | 0.536 | |
| Magnesium (mg) | |||
| Baseline | 277.76 ± 65.74 | 227.29 ± 69.42 | 0.023** |
| End | 266.94 ± 70.42 | 211.73 ± 70.25 | 0.705*** |
| P* | 0.340 | 0.249 | |
| Potassium (mg) | |||
| Baseline | 3181.75 ± 1457.01 | 2916.95 ± 834.20 | |
| End | 3510.35 ± 1016.14 | 2715.85 ± 970.19 | 0.485** |
| P* | 0.106 | 0.296 | 0.530*** |
| Calcium (mg) | |||
| Baseline | 856.98 ± 308.63 | 700.03 ± 269.69 | 0.095** |
| End | 921.32 ± 291.93 | 592.40 ± 228.59 | 0.074*** |
| P* | 0.357 | 0.062 | |
| Vitamin D (µg) | |||
| Baseline | 2.14 ± 1.21 | 1.81 ± 1.34 | 0.426** |
| End | 2.25 ± 0.84 | 1.08 ± 1.11 | 0.091*** |
| P* | 0.850 | 0.048 | |
Bold indicates p < 0.05 is statistically significant
DASH Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, SFA Saturated fatty acid, MUFA Monounsaturated fatty acid, PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acid. Mean (SD) and Mean Difference (95% CI) are presented for data
*p value for paired- t test
**p value for Independent samples t-test
***p value for ANCOVA test (adjusted for baseline values and weight change)