The effects of a low carbohydrate diet combined with partial meal replacement on obese individuals

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 3 Participant dietary status before and after intervention

		Control group	Intervention group 1	Intervention group 2	P (total)	P(Intervention group 1/ Control group)	P(Intervention group 2/ Control group)	P(Intervention group 1/ Intervention group 2)
Energy (kcal/d)	Baseline ^a	1616.05 ± 441.52	1751.99 ± 386.98	1738.05±350.35	0.547	0.320	0.372	0.918
	1–4 week ^b	1270.57±166.57	1230.14±226.83	1306.36±259.18	0.462	0.461	0.461	0.262
	5–13 week ^c	1348.00±253.60	1312.50±239.50	1356.00±275.00	0.330	0.883	0.156	0.256
Carbohydrate (g/d)	Baseline ^a	213.92±66.35	227.74±58.87	234.43±63.32	0.628	0.525	0.347	0.758
	1–4 week ^b	144.50±12.80	124.11±33.68	117.97±33.45	< 0.001	0.005	< 0.001	1.000
	5–13 week ^c	148.10±20.30	124.10±36.40	122.20±50.20	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.002	1.000
Protein (g/d)	Baseline ^c	79.10±35.50	74.30±31.00	63.20±38.20	0.831	0.796	0.547	0.730
	1–4 week ^c	68.20±22.30	77.90±31.20	89.90±25.20	< 0.001	0.729	< 0.001	0.015
	5–13 week ^c	67.70±26.90	91.20±18.80	92.20±18.30	< 0.001	0.002	< 0.001	1.000
Fat (g/d)	Baseline ^a	50.97±29.58	60.19±27.42	56.61±24.42	0.612	0.328	0.549	0.703
	1–4 week ^c	46.60±16.60	49.70±23.60	48.50±32.70	0.928	0.903	0.783	0.715
	5–13 week ^a	50.27±13.56	48.70±13.83	53.10±17.77	0.493	0.674	0.452	0.242

^aNormal variance was homogeneous and expressed by the mean ± standard deviation (X ± S). Single factor analysis of variance was used for comparisons between groups
^bWhen normal variance was uneven, it was expressed by the mean ± standard deviation (X ± S). The rank sum test was used for inter-group comparisons
^cSkewness distribution was expressed by the median ± interquartile interval (Me ± IQR). The rank sum test was used for comparisons between groups

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