Nutrients | Placebo (n = 30) | Chlorella(n = 33) | P-value§ | |||
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Week 0 | Week 4 | Week 0 | Week 4 | Week 0 | Week 4 | |
Energy (kcal) | 1527 ± 71 | 1560 ± 66 | 1695 ± 85 | 1664 ± 66 | 0.135 | 0.270 |
Carbohydrate (g) | 234.8 ± 10.0 | 240.2 ± 8.0 | 250.7 ± 11.5 | 247.1 ± 9.7 | 0.304 | 0.591 |
Dietary fibers (g) | 19.9 ± 1.0 | 22.6 ± 1.1* | 19.7 ± 1.1 | 21.6 ± 1.2* | 0.900 | 0.539 |
Protein (g) | 61.5 ± 3.1 | 62.5 ± 3.2 | 69.1 ± 4.2 | 67.5 ± 3.1 | 0.183 | 0.280 |
Total fat (g) | 38.8 ± 2.5 | 38.9 ± 2.7 | 45.9 ± 3.4 | 45.4 ± 2.8 | 0.114 | 0.108 |
SFA (g) | 5.7 ± 0.5 | 6.0 ± 0.8 | 7.2 ± 0.9 | 6.4 ± 0.6 | 0.346 | 0.480 |
MUFA (g) | 7.1 ± 0.6 | 7.3 ± 0.9 | 8.4 ± 1.0 | 8.2 ± 0.7 | 0.457 | 0.273 |
PUFA (g) | 6.1 ± 0.6 | 6.4 ± 0.6 | 7.0 ± 0.6 | 6.2 ± 0.4 | 0.260 | 0.854 |
Cholesterol (mg) | 271.9 ± 26.6 | 289.3 ± 27.8 | 303.2 ± 27.7 | 269.2 ± 21.3 | 0.339 | 0.564 |
β-carotene (mg)# | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 3.1 ± 0.3 | 3.0 ± 0.4 | 4.7 ± 0.4* | 0.711 | 0.0003 |