Time-restricted eating (16/8) and energy-restricted diet: effects on diet quality, body composition and biochemical parameters in healthy overweight females

Table 5 Comparison of the diet quality of the individuals

HEI-2015 Components	Maximum HEI-2015 Score	TRE group (n = 10)			ERD group (n = 13)			Statistical analysis of during the study between the two groups^c
HEI-2015 Components	Maximum HEI-2015 Score	Before study Mean (SD)	During study Mean (SD)	p-value	Before study Mean (SD)	During study Mean (SD)	p-value
Total Fruits	5	1.32 (1.46)	1.21 (1.06)	0.878	0.79 (0.86)	2.99 (1.61)	0.001*	0.009*
Whole Fruits	5	2.17 (1.99)	2.29 (1.89)	0.721	1.37 (1.60)	4.09 (1.33)	0.002*	0.011*
Total Vegetables	5	2.83 (1.11)	1.85 (0.59)	0.139	1.93 (0.94)	2.94 (1.21)	0.033*	0.018*
Greens and Beans	5	1.83 (2.04)	2.34 (1.41)	0.646	2.07 (1.20)	2.99 (1.70)	0.133	0.264
Whole Grains	10	0.25 (0.80)	1.22 (3.12)	0.465	1.34 (2.84)	4.66 (3.80)	0.011*	0.041*
Dairy	10	1.60 (0.87)	1.97 (0.85)	0.646	1.49 (1.39)	3.26 (2.03)	0.023*	0.154
Total Protein Foods	5	4.73 (0.52)	4.54 (0.88)	0.500	4.44 (1.00)	4.89 (0.37)	0.128	0.159
Seafood and Plant Proteins	5	4.97 (0.08)	4.88 (0.35)	0.655	4.88 (0.39)	5.0 (0.0)	0.317	0.254
Fatty Acids	10	4.96 (2.92)	4.84 (3.21)	0.594	3.72 (2.47)	4.56 (2.82)	0.345	0.828
Refined Grains	10	6.14 (3.00)	3.24 (4.11)	0.074	6.01 (2.79)	5.62 (3.16)	0.695	0.119
Sodium	10	9.08 (1.96)	7.45 (3.53)	0.043*	9.09 (2.03)	8.71 (2.39)	0.374	0.373
Added Sugars	10	8.71 (3.01)	8.69 (2.80)	0.071	6.12 (4.31)	9.89 (0.37)	0.006*	0.340
Saturated Fats	10	3.32 (2.22)	4.56 (2.53)	0.333	2.73 (2.94)	5.27 (2.72)	0.039*	0.535
Total diet quality	100	51.9 (9.5)	49.1 (16.5)	0.508	46.1 (11.7)	65.0 (9.5)	0.001*	0.018*
Poor diet		4 (%40)	6 (%60)	0.500^a	9 (%69.2)	-	0.021*^a	0.005*^b
Needs improvement		6 (%60)	4 (%40)		4 (%30.8)	12 (%92.3)
Good diet		-	-		-	1(%7.7)

^aMcNemar-Bowker test, ^bChi-square test, ^cMann-Withney U test, other tests Wilcoxon test, *p < 0.05

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