Rye kernel breakfast increases satiety in the afternoon - an effect of food structure

Nutrition Journal

Table 1 Subject characteristics

	Bread study^b			Porridge study^c
Measurement^a	Mean	± SD	Range	Mean	± SD	Range
Age (y)	25	8	20-55	24	8	21-56
BMI (kg/m²)	22.7	2.6	19.3-28.9	22.2	2.1	19.3-26.8
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	4.9	0.3	4.3-5.6	4.7	0.4	3.9-5.6
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (mlE/L)	1.5	0.5	0.9-2.6	1.6	0.7	0.9-3.9
Haemoglobin (g/L)	133	8.2	121-152	133	6.5	121-142
Alanine aminotransferase (μkat/L)	0.4	0.2	0.2-1.1	0.4	0.1	0.2-0.7

^a Normal range for healthy individuals: fasting glucose 4.0-6.1 mmol/L; thyroid-stimulating hormone 0.3-4.0 mlE/L; hemoglobin in men 130-170, in women 120-150 g/L; alanine aminotransferase in men 0.15-1.10, in women 0.15-0.75 μkat/L.
^b n = 24 (22 F, 2 M)
^c n = 20 (20 F)

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