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Comparison of reported dietary intake (excluding supplements) between the Mediterranean Diet (MD) group and the Control Diet (CD) group. The reported dietary intake is based on the diet histories performed between study weeks seven and twelve. The data are presented as mean values ± SD. |
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| MD group (n = 17) |
CD group (n = 17) |
p-value* |
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| Vitamin A (RE†) |
1560 ± 770 |
1760 ± 930 |
0.500 |
| Retinol (μg) |
672 ± 325 |
1115 ± 760 |
0.049 |
| β-carotene (μg) |
5000 ± 4190 |
3550 ± 2620 |
0.339 |
| Vitamin E (α-TE‡) |
13 ± 4 |
9 ± 4 |
0.007 |
| α-tocopherol (mg) |
12 ± 3 |
9 ± 3 |
0.007 |
| Vitamin C (mg) |
157 ± 78 |
106 ± 76 |
0.014 |
| Selenium (μg) |
56 ± 17 |
39 ± 15 |
0.004 |
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*P-values refer to the difference between the MD and CD groups. Differences between groups were analysed by the Students t-test for independent samples, except for retinol, β-carotene and vitamin C which were evaluated by the Mann-Whitney U test. †retinol equivalents. ‡α-tocopherol equivalents | |||
Hagfors et al. Nutrition Journal 2003 2:5 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-2-5 |
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