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Table 2 Baseline daily energy and nutrient intake by cluster membership; median values and 95 % confidence intervals in parentheses

From: The influence of academic examinations on energy and nutrient intake in male university students

Nutrient

Cluster D

Cluster S

Cluster I

P value

Energy decrease (n = 5)

Similar energy intake (n = 13)

Energy increase (n = 2)

Energy (MJ/d)

12.06 (10.31, 13.66)

10.41 (6.01,11.66)

6.38 (6.34,6.41)

0.014

Protein (g/d)

96.9 (95.7,132.1)

88.9 (56.6,129.7)

56.4 (49.7,63.0)

0.030

Fat (g/d)

85.0 (75.0,104.3)

83.1 (66.3,127.8)

69.5 (61.5,77.4)

0.421

Saturated fat (g/d)

35.6 (18.6,37.2)

30.2 (12.8,40.8)

22.5 (17.7,27.3)

0.555

Carbohydrate (g/d)

293.3 (253.7,410.8)

256.4 (164.0,304.9)

156.0 (126.4,185.6)

0.022

NMES (g/d)

117.8 (63.2,229.5)

95.3 (37.6,134.7)

66.1 (51.4,80.8)

0.265

Alcohol (g/d)

20.3 (0.0,125.2)

1.5 (0.0,27.4)

10.9 (0.0,21.7)

0.551

NSP (g/d)

14.3 (5.7,21.6)

13.9 (10.4,16.7)

10.8 (9.8,11.7)

0.476

Calcium (mg/day)

898 (388,1380)

902 (393,1143)

48.0 (415,545)

0.179

Sodium (mg/d)

3418 (1973,4758)

2995 (2003,4318)

2045 (1494,2596)

0.160

  1. NMES non-milk extrinsic sugars, NSP non-starch polysaccharide