Table 2.
Self-Reported Dietary Intake Before and After the Nutritional Intervention
| Variable | Coffee |
Green tea |
Herbal tea (placebo) |
p-value between the group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | After dietary intervention | p | Baseline | After dietary intervention | p | Baseline | After dietary intervention | p | Baseline | After dietary intervention | |
| Total energy (kcal) | 1894.75 ± 443.29 | 1431.25 ± 322.91 | 0.007 | 1705.83 ± 468.58 | 1319.67 ± 324.63 | 0.03 | 1695.00 ± 280.37 | 1341.40 ± 254.54 | 0.01 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
| Carbohydrates, g/day (% of energy) | 219.75 ± 92.1 (58%) | 115.25 ± 19.22 (40%) | 0.08 | 186.83 ± 58.85 (55%) | 129.5 ± 38.35 (41%) | 0.01 | 186.8 ± 18.37 (45%) | 100.6 ± 29.67 (38%) | 0.01 | 0.65 | 0.58 |
| Protein, g/day (% of energy) | 75.75 ± 21.79 (20%) | 80.25 ± 47.47 (22%) | 0.86 | 78.0 ± 19.03 (17%) | 95.33 ± 34.2 (23%) | 0.06 | 91.6 ± 31.28 (21%) | 90 ± 38.44 (26%) | 0.88 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Fat, g/day (% of energy) | 49.25 ± 19.93 (22%) | 60.5 ± 12.93 (38%) | 0.63 | 64.67 ± 21.43 (28%) | 66.17 ± 18.74 (36%) | 0.85 | 59.4 ± 11.32 (34%) | 59.4 ± 19.8 (36%) | 0.165 | 0.40 | 0.64 |
| Saturated fat, g/day (% of energy) | 20.5 ± 9.25 (12%) | 18 ± 10.03 (11%) | 0.06 | 17.50 ± 10.05 (8%) | 17.5 ± 7.9 (9%) | 0.34 | 14.2 ± 2.77 (10%) | 13.6 ± 5.07 (9%) | 0.64 | 0.52 | 0.63 |
| Sodium (mg/day) | 2967.75 ± 1267.85 | 2256.17 ± 891.74 | 0.29 | 2372.17 ± 820.8 | 2722.83 ± 532.08 | 0.27 | 2911 ± 1015.45 | 2604 ± 677.94 | 0.68 | 0.58 | 0.52 |
Values are given ± standard deviation; bold values denote statistical significance at p ≤ 0.05.