A Randomized Clinical Trial of Nutrition Education for Improvement of Diet Quality and Inflammation in Iranian Obese Women
Table 2
Dietary intakes of the study groups at the baseline and end of study.
Variables
Educated group ()
Noneducated group ()
Energy (Kcal)
Baseline
2232 ± 593
2086 ± 320
0.086
0.105
End
2041 ± 315
1931 ± 249
0.140
0.246
0.066
0.073
Protein (gr)
Baseline
86.8 ± 25.8
84.1 ± 16.4
0.632
0.483
End
81.4 ± 12.5
79.4 ± 14.2
0.620
0.909
0.234
0.061
Protein (%)
Baseline
14.8 ± 2.3
16.0 ± 1.7
0.091
0.063
End
16.0 ± 1.4
16.5 ± 2.1
0.307
0.242
0.324
0.651
Carbohydrate (gr)
Baseline
260.2 ± 78.5
219 ± 44.2
0.116
0.522
End
206.7 ± 40.7
196 ± 37.1
0.297
0.103
0.001
0.006
Carbohydrate (%)
Baseline
44.5 ± 6.3
42.0 ± 5.5
0.071
0.132
End
40.4 ± 4.0
40.6 ± 5.8
0.202
0.731
0.001
0.082
Fat (gr)
Baseline
109.4 ± 30.2
101.7 ± 18.4
0.240
0.407
End
73.3 ± 18.7
97 ± 15.7
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.045
Fat (%)
Baseline
34.6 ± 6.3
33.5 ± 7.2
0.201
0.083
End
33.8 ± 6.6
33.4 ± 6.2
0.251
0.206
0.132
0.282
Data were expressed as mean ± SD. resulted from independent sample -test; resulted from ANCONA test in the adjusted models; and resulted from paired sample -test.
