Table 3 |
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Mean (SD) of nutrient intake in four BMI categories |
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Nutrients |
Obese (OB) |
Over-weight (OW) |
Normal weight (NW) |
Under-weight (UW) |
p-value1 |
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OB-NW |
OW-NW |
UW-NW |
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Energy (Kcal) |
2266 (312.2) |
2058 (219.5) |
1651 (311) |
817 (312) |
<0.0001 |
<0.0001 |
<0.0001 |
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Protein (g) |
41.8 (6.68) |
42.3 (6.79) |
43.4 (6.41) |
27.0 (7.06) |
0.002 |
0.0421 |
<0.0001 |
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Fiber (g) |
6.8 (1.62) |
7.6 (2.06) |
9.4 (1.60) |
3.5 (1.14) |
0.0481 |
0.0041 |
<0.0001 |
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Calcium (mg) |
342.4 (79.1) |
392.2 (91.6) |
451.4 (111.1) |
270 (83.1) |
<0.0001 |
0.0052 |
<0.0001 |
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Iron (mg) |
11.2 (2.48) |
12.7 (3.5) |
13.1 (2.81) |
7.2 (2.90) |
0.0139 |
0.0139 |
<0.0001 |
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Zinc (mg) |
7.3 (1.31) |
7.2 (1.7) |
7.5 (1.58) |
4.4 (1.18) |
0.1421 |
0.0411 |
<0.0001 |
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Vit A (RE) |
283.6 (97.2) |
298.3 (113.1) |
314.9 (194) |
219 (106.5) |
0.0439 |
0.0501 |
0.0006 |
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Vit C (mg) |
32.3 (17.3) |
25.9 (13.7) |
44.4 (12.3) |
14.2 (8.16) |
0.0431 |
0.0411 |
<0.0001 |
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1. p-values were calculated using Dennett's test in JMP. The normal weight castigatory was considered as reference. Alpha value for significance was 0.05 |
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Alam et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:111 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-111 |
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