Consumption of melatonin supplement improves cardiovascular disease risk factors and anthropometric indices in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Table 2 Mean ± SD of energy, carbohydrate, protein, fat intake at baseline and post-intervention

Variable		Baseline	post-intervention	P-value**
Energy (kcal/d)	Control group	1876.37 ± 158.34	1887.87 ± 176.99	0.97
	Intervention group	1924.83 ± 173.41	1875.74 ± 156.84	0.059
	P-value*	0.30	0.79
Carbohydrate (g/d)	Control group	250.74 ± 22.62	248.65 ± 22.65	0.92
	Intervention group	244.64 ± 21.02	244.34 ± 20.32	0.44
	P-value*	0.32	0.48
Protein (g/d)	Control group	76.83 ± 6.37	75.69 ± 6.30	0.91
	Intervention group	74.97 ± 6.39	74.86 ± 6.09	0.14
	P-value*	0.30	0.63
Fat (g/d)	Control group	68.15 ± 5.69	67.18 ± 5.68	0.43
	Intervention group	66.71 ± 5.81	67.35 ± 5.87	0.16
	P-value*	0.38	0.91

*P <0.05 was considered as significant using Independent T-test between the two groups post-intervention
**P <0.05 was considered as significant using Paired T-test

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