Orlistat after initial dietary/behavioural treatment: changes in body weight and dietary maintenance in subjects with sleep related breathing disorders

Table 2 Daily intake of food after 1 year of treatment with orlistat in all participants (n = 63)

Food items	Mean ± SD	Change* [95% CI]	P†
Vegetables, g	448 ± 235	-49 [-103, 5]	0.050
Fruit‡, g	424 ± 265	-42 [-120, 37]	0.122
Bread, g	162 ± 75	2 [-15, 19]	0.820
Potatoes, rice and pasta, g	155 ± 88	-4 [-28, 20]	0.421
Poultry and lean meat, g	110 ± 56	6 [-9, 20]	0.661
Fish, g	63 ± 51	-10 [-19, -1]	0.027
Fatty meat‡, g	46 ± 42	7 [-4, 18]	0.154
Sweets, cookies and desserts, g	43 ± 43	5 [-5, 15]	0.457
Butter, cream and fatty cheeses, g	32 ± 36	11 [1, 21]	0.018
Oil‡, g	16 ± 11	-4 [-7, 0]	0.160

* Changes were calculated as the difference between intake at 1 year and start of the treatment with orlistat. † Comparisons between the intake of food at start of the treatment with orlistat and after 1 year (the Wilcoxon signed rank test). ‡ Fatty meat includes minced meat, sausages, pork chops, salami; fruit includes orange juice, berries and berry jam; oil includes original and fat reduced soft margarine, mayonnaise and salad-dressings.

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