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Table 4 Dietary profiles of participants before and after feeding the treatment oils during 8 weeks using 24-hour dietary recall

From: The effect of coconut oil and palm oil on anthropometric parameters: a clinical trial

Confounding variables

24-hour dietary recall

Study population

p valueb

Palm oil (n = 37)

Coconut oil (n = 37)

Total energy (kcal/day)

Initial evaluation (T1)a

1628.7 (± 214.7)

1707.9 (± 187.7)

0.055

 

Final evaluation (T2)a

1601.4 (± 128.9)

1744.3 (± 295.8)

< 0.001

 

p valueb (Δ %c)

0.414 (-1.7% )

0.004 (+ 2.1%)

 

Carbohydrate (g/day)

Initial evaluation (T1)a

282.7 (± 21.6)

289.1 (± 16.1)

0.169

 

Final evaluation (T2)a

280.1 (± 13.6)

288.4 (24 ± 0.4)

0.112

 

p valueb (Δ %c)

0.510 (-0.9%)

0.839 (-0.2%)

 

Protein (g/day)

Initial evaluation (T1)a

47.1 (± 10.6)

53.0 (± 12.4)

0.012

 

Final evaluation (T2)a

48.2 (± 12.9)

54.6 (± 12.3)

0.016

 

p valueb (Δ %c)

0.658 (+ 2.3%)

0.011 (+ 3.1%)

 

Fat (g/day)

Initial evaluation (T1)a

33.9 (± 9.4)

37.7 (± 13.5)

0.124

 

Final evaluation (T2)a

34.1 (± 5.4)

41.2 (± 6.1)

< 0.001

 

p valueb (Δ %c)

0.098 (+ 0.6%)

0.043 (+ 9.1%)

 

Dietary fibre (g/day)

Initial evaluation (T1)a

14.1 (± 6.2)

15.0 (± 4.8)

0.335

 

Final evaluation (T2)a

12.8 (± 6.4)

15.6 (± 5.1)

0.008

 

p valueb (Δ %c)

0.226 (-8.9%)

0.099 (+ 4.2%)

 
  1. aMean values (± standard deviation) of 37 subjects
  2. bAccording to one-way repeated measures ANOVA (p < 0.05)
  3. cΔ % = [(T2 - T1) /T1] x 100 or relative mean difference between after and before the intervention, “-” represent decrease, “+” represents an increase