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Table 2 Dietary intakes of participants according to quartiles of low carbohydrate diet score

From: The relation between low carbohydrate diet score and psychological disorders among Iranian adults

Quartiles of LCD score

*Dietary intakes

All

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

**p value

Total energy (kcal/d)

2388.48 (1822.97–3478.91)

2379.36 (1842.89–3519.02)

2237.46 (1754.81–3390.99)

2335.54 (1817.02–3389.74)

2712.62 (1911.41–3551.04)

**p < 0.0001

Carbohydrates (g/d)

330.06 (252.13–473.02)

387.59 (291.65–597.21)

325.34 (255.27–499.47)

314.54 (245.25–451.10)

303.06 (217.25–398.10)

**p < 0.0001

Proteins (g/d)

95.31 (72.20–132.21)

79.37 (62.61–106.84)

88.26 (69.02–117.67)

97.89 (77.28–130.62)

126.34 (90.50–173.52)

**p < 0.0001

Fats (g/d)

82.94 (59.45–136.06)

64.45 (50.67–97.47)

73.16 (55.76–126.76)

88.98 (65.14–139.39)

115.73 (77.75–160.18)

**p < 0.0001

EPA plus DHA (g/d)

0.04 (0.01–0.08)

0.04 (0.01–0.08)

0.04 (0.01–0.08)

0.04 (0.01–0.09)

0.04 (0.01–0.09)

**p < 0.0001

Fiber (g/d)

3.14 (2.17–4.94)

3.23 (2.15–5.35)

3.11 (2.19–4.98)

3.13 (2.18–4.75)

3.13 (2.12–4.81)

0.08

Whole grains (g/d)

59.93 (26.18–92.56)

84.70 (27.79–115.89)

73.83 (27.40–95.60)

52.69 (24.02–90.66)

47.73 (25.42–87.06)

**p < 0.0001

Refined grains (g/d)

177.63 (113.10–288.20)

227.41 (122.21–302.35)

185.58 (108.006–295.25)

172.68 (116.35–276.19)

164.12 (101.80–274.20)

**p < 0.0001

Vegetables (g/d)

154.04 (104.69–251.41)

146.26 (96.09–234.71)

148.20 (104.45–234.37)

158.44 (109.83–254.73)

169.54 (106.01–269.68)

**p < 0.0001

Fruits (g/d)

427.33 (276.69–711.21)

507.68 (318.87–890.91)

418.26 (288.34–664.63)

410.88 (260.9–647.18)

390.09 (236.33–674.86)

**p < 0.0001

Legumes (g/d)

32.36 (22.08–50.85)

26.87 (19.72–41.27)

32.47 (22.61–50.69)

34.56 (23.14–52.16)

34.62 (23.83–55.50)

**p < 0.0001

Dairy products (g/d)

189.77 (125.34–294.88)

167.64 (109.39–261.004)

187.34 (123.21–284.64)

198.16 (131.94–303.43)

205.10 (137.24–333.76)

**p < 0.0001

Red meat (g/d)

38.55 (20.007–64.40)

29.60 (12.44–53.42)

34.58 (17.60–61.04)

42.86 (24.39–66.68)

61.04 (33.00–99.06)

**p < 0.0001

Poultry (g/d)

27.30 (15.43–74.87)

24.61 (13.65–39.17)

27.30 (14.69–51.04)

39.17 (15.43–74.78)

74.78 (27.30–145.99)

**p < 0.0001

Fish (g/d)

9.38 (3.45–19.34)

5.67 (2.38–13.73)

7.20 (3.45–15.21)

9.98 (5.63–22.55)

9.98 (3.65–23.62)

**p < 0.0001

Eggs (g/d)

17.16 (8.04–51.48)

17.16 (4.02–25.74)

17.16 (8.04–47.16)

17.16 (8.04–51.48)

25.74 (8.58–51.48)

**p < 0.0001

Nuts (g/d)

12.05 (6.27–23.11)

9.59 (5.44–16.02)

12.22 (6.34–23.82)

12.80 (6.82–29.95)

12.11 (6.40–27.31)

**p < 0.0001

  1. *Data was presented as median and interquartile range (IQR). **Comparisons were performed using Kruskal–Wallis test