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 | |
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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%) |