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Table 3 Dietary intake of participants with peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication pre and post-commencement of 12 weeks supervised exercise training (SET)

From: Change in dietary intake of adults with intermittent claudication undergoing a supervised exercise program and compared to matched controls

 

Pre-SETa

Post-SETb

P-valueb

P-valuec

 

Mean (SD)

n (%) achieving AMDR or SDTa

Mean (SD)

n (%) achieving AMDR or SDTa

  

Protein, g/day

88 (40)

 

94 (52)

 

0.510

 

% kJ from protein

20 (4)

23 (79)

20 (4)

27 (93)

 

0.377

Carbohydrate, g/day

189 (81)

 

189 (82)

 

0.962

 

% kJ from carbohydrate

39 (6)

5 (17)

40 (6)

5 (17)

 

1.00

Total fat, g/day

73 (32)

 

77 (43)

 

0.550

 

% kJ from total fat

34 (5)

16 (55)

34 (3)

16 (55)

 

1.00

Saturated fat g/day

28 (13)

 

29 (17)

 

0.619

 

% kJ from SFA

13 (3)

4 (14)

13 (3)

4 (14)

 

1.00

Monounsaturated fat g/day

26 (12)

 

28 (17)

 

0.491

 

% kJ from MUFA

12 (2)

0 (0)

12 (2)

0 (0)

 

1.00

Polyunsaturated fat g/day

12 (7)

 

13 (8)

 

0.606

 

% kJ from PUFA

6 (2)

3 (10)

6 (2)

4 (14)

 

0.371

Cholesterol, mg/day

299 (133)

8 (28)

309 (166)

9 (31)

0.740

0.004

Sodium, mg/day

2537 (1263)

4 (14)

2568 (1474)

7 (24)

0.910

0.001

Potassium, mg/day

2818 (944)

1 (3)

2866 (1186)

1 (3)

0.806

1.00

Folate, μg/day

279 (110)

9 (31)

267 (102)

9 (31)

0.549

0.088

Fibre, g/day

M: 24 (8) F: 20 (9)

3 (10)

M: 25 (8) F: 18 (9)

1 (3)

M: 0.590 F: 0.206

0.103

Retinol equivalents, μg/day

M: 896 (301) F: 756 (254)

1 (3)

M: 815 (298) F: 662 (376)

1 (3)

M: 0.275 F: 0.218

1.00

Vitamin E, mg

M: 7 (3) F: 5 (2)

0 (0)

M: 7 (3) F: 5 (3)

0 (0)

M: 0.151 F: 0.325

na

Vitamin C, mg

M: 117 (71) F: 119 (42)

3 (10)

M: 132 (65) F: 107 (45)

4 (14)

M: 0.945 F: 0.521

0.001

  1. Abbreviations: AMDR Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range, F females, M males, MUFA monounsaturated fat, na not applicable, PUFA polyunsaturated fat, SDT Suggested Dietary Target, SET Supervised Exercise Training, SFA saturated fat.
  2. aRecommendations according to the National Health and Medical Research Council Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand – see cut-offs in Table 2[25].
  3. bMean difference between pre-SET intake and post-SET intake.
  4. cDifference in number achieving AMDR or SDT pre-SET and post-SET.