Research Article
Nuts Improve Diet Quality Compared to Other Energy-Dense Snacks While Maintaining Body Weight
Table 1
Subjects’ characteristics for the total, hazelnut group, chocolate group, control group, and potato crisp group at baseline.
| | Variable | Total n = 118
mean (SD) | Hazelnut group n = 32
mean (SD) | Chocolate group n = 31
mean (SD) | Control group n = 29
mean (SD) | Potato crisp group n = 26
mean (SD) |
| | Age (years) | 37.4 (14.0) | 38.9 (14.3) | 38.2 (13.9) | 36.1 (15.2) | 35.9 (12.8) | | Height (cm) | 171.0 (9.4) | 170.8 (8.9) | 171.0 (10.4) | 171.7 (9.6) | 170.3 (9.2) | | Weight (kg) | 69.5 (11.4) | 72.0 (11.1) | 69.2 (13.0) | 67.3 (9.5) | 69.5 (11.6) | | BMI (kg/m2) | 23.8 (3.0) | 24.6 (2.8) | 23.6 (3.3) | 22.9 (2.8) | 23.9 (3.0) | | Body fat (%) | 26.9 (10.2) | 28.1 (10.3) | 26.7 (9.5) | 25.8 (9.9) | 26.9 (11.4) | | Waist circumference (cm) | 80.7 (9.4) | 82.1 (8.5) | 80.2 (9.6) | 79.0 (8.8) | 81.7 (11.1) | | Women, no. (%) | 63 (53%) | 17 (53%) | 16 (52%) | 17 (59%) | 13 (50%) |
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