Table 2 Nutritional status and dietary intake at baseline and at the end of the study
Fish oil group (n = 18) | P a | Placebo group (n = 19) | P a | P b | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial | Final | Initial | Final | ||||||||
Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||||
Nutritional status | |||||||||||
Weight (kg) | 67.3 | 62.0–74.1 | 67.5 | 62.8–77.6 | 0.078 | 66.6 | 57.7–73.2 | 67.5 | 57.5–71.7 | 0.776 | 0.079 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.0 | 23.7–32.0 | 27.1 | 23.6–32.5 | 0.078 | 26.6 | 24.9–30.2 | 26.3 | 24.8–29.6 | 0.723 | 0.101 |
Lean body mass (kg) | 41.5 | 39.6–45.7 | 41.0 | 45.0–43.2 | 0.170 | 40.5 | 34.8–44.0 | 40.4 | 34.8–43.8 | 0.660 | 0.406 |
Fat mass (kg) | 26.3 | 19.5–33.0 | 26.8 | 21.9–34.6 | 0.029 | 26.5 | 21.6–30.2 | 24.3 | 22.1–29.8 | 0.977 | 0.101 |
% Body fat | 37.7 | 28.1–44.9 | 38.1 | 33.2–46.0 | 0.149 | 38.9 | 37.0–43.8 | 39.4 | 35.9–42.0 | 0.820 | 0.298 |
SPA | −0.6 | −1.2 - -0.2 | −0.7 | −1.1 - 0.1 | 0.513 | −1.2 | −1.6 - -0.6 | −1.1 | −1.63 - -0.7 | 0.394 | 0.492 |
Dietary intake | |||||||||||
Energy (kcal) | 1451 | 1052–1755 | 1226 | 1011–1629 | 0.124 | 1162 | 991–1500 | 1289 | 1186–1480 | 0.520 | 0.038 |
Kcal/kg | 21 | 16–27 | 17 | 14–24 | 0.173 | 20 | 14–22 | 20 | 16–23 | 0.877 | 0.259 |
Carbohydrates (g) | 172 | 128–260 | 155 | 118–235 | 0.148 | 147 | 133–186 | 171 | 118–226 | 0.557 | 0.200 |
Protein (g) | 64 | 48–80 | 47 | 42–60 | 0.124 | 51 | 44–68 | 62 | 47–81 | 0.184 | 0.010 |
Lipids (g) | 45 | 34–66 | 42 | 37–51 | 0.124 | 42 | 33–53 | 38 | 27–53 | 0.546 | 0.686 |
Fat acids (g) | |||||||||||
Saturated | 11.1 | 7.6–15.7 | 9.4 | 8.1–13.5 | 0.163 | 8.9 | 7.5–13.4 | 9.5 | 6.7–13.5 | 0.936 | 0.536 |
Monounsaturated | 11.6 | 9.1–19.3 | 10.9 | 7.5–13.7 | 0.039 | 10.5 | 8.6–14.7 | 9.4 | 6.9–15.0 | 0.673 | 0.747 |
Polyunsaturated | 9.4 | 7.4–11.5 | 8.1 | 7.2–10.6 | 0.163 | 9.0 | 7.1–10.6 | 8.0 | 6.5–10.0 | 0.376 | 0.752 |
16:0 | 6.3 | 4.6–9.7 | 5.3 | 3.9–7.0 | 0.013 | 5.3 | 4.5–7.6 | 5.2 | 3.9–7.5 | 0.809 | 0.449 |
18;0 | 2.6 | 1.9–4.6 | 2.4 | 1.5–3.4 | 0.019 | 2.1 | 1.8–3.3 | 2.2 | 1.6–3.8 | 1.000 | 0.489 |
18:1n-9 | 10.7 | 8.4–17.8 | 10.1 | 7.0–12.7 | 0.049 | 9.5 | 7.7–13.6 | 8.5 | 6.3–14.6 | 0.629 | 0.838 |
18:2 n-6 | 7.8 | 6.9–9.9 | 7.0 | 6.3–9.7 | 0.177 | 7.9 | 6.1–9.3 | 7.0 | 5.6–8.5 | 0.243 | 0.842 |
18:3 n-3 | 0.9 | 0.7–1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7–1.1 | 0.981 | 0.8 | 0.6–0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5–0.9 | 0.794 | 0.776 |
20:4n-6 | 0.10 | 0.47–0.17 | 0.07 | 0.54–0.11 | 0.163 | 0.09 | 0.05–0.12 | 0.09 | 0.06–0.19 | 0.162 | 0.165 |
20:5n-3 (EPA) | 0.005 | 0.000–0.007 | 0.005 | 0.000–0.010 | 0.633 | 0.005 | 0.000–0.010 | 0.005 | 0.000–0.015 | 0.395 | 0.334 |
22:6n-3 (DHA) | 0.020 | 0.002–0.052 | 0.020 | 0.005–0.032 | 0.162 | 0.025 | 0.010–0.030 | 0.015 | 0.000–0.065 | 0.139 | 0.295 |
Total n-3 | 1.0 | 0.7–1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8–11 | 0.850 | 0.8 | 0.6–1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6–1.0 | 0.831 | 0.711 |
Total n-6 | 8.3 | 7.1–10.2 | 7.2 | 6.4–9.7 | 0.201 | 8.0 | 6.2–9.4 | 7.0 | 5.2–8.4 | 0.163 | 0.850 |
n-6/n-3 ratio | 8.3 | 5.8–9.7 | 7.8 | 7.4–8.8 | 0.723 | 8.3 | 7.3–10.1 | 7.2 | 6.7–10.5 | 0.381 | 0.175 |
18:0/18:1 ratio | 0.2 | 0.2–0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2–0.2 | 0.554 | 0.2 | 0.2–0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2–0.2 | 0.469 | 0.387 |