Table 5 Dietary intake and physical activity level (confounding variables) during coconut and palm oil-periods
From: The effect of coconut oil and palm oil on anthropometric parameters: a clinical trial
Confounding variable | Mean (± SD)a | p valueb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Palm oil (n = 37) | Coconut oil (n = 37) | |||
Dietary intake* | Total energy (kcal/day) | 1603.45 (± 438.4) | 1606.42 (± 435.3) | 0.280 |
Carbohydrate (g/day) | 282.08 (± 80.0) | 283.16 (± 78.8) | 0.103 | |
As a percentage from TE (%) | 70.1 (± 5.5)% | 69.4 (± 5.1)% | ||
Protein (g/day) | 47.79 (± 19.2) | 48.22 (± 18.8) | 0.173 | |
As a percentage from TE (%) | 11.3 (± 3.0)% | 11.9 (± 5.1)% | ||
Fat (g/day) | 32.27 (± 11.9) | 32.81 (± 11.7) | 0.160 | |
As a percentage from TE (%) | 18.4 (± 4.4)% | 18.2 (± 4.0)% | ||
Dietary fibre (g/day) | 16.75 (± 6.3) | 20.79 (± 7.3) | < 0.001 | |
Physical activity (MET-minutes/week)** | 3943.74 (± 3651.0) | 3574.46 (± 3762.4) | 0.082 | |