The Use of SenseWear Armband for Assessment of Daily Energy Expenditure and the Relation to Body Fat Distribution and Nutritional Intake in Lean Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Table 5

Daily energy intake and macronutrient components of PCOS and control.

Macronutrients	Groups	Mean ± SD	Min-max	Median	^a
Energy intake (kcal)	PCOS	1907.78 ± 559.71	1176–3431	1788.21	0.484
	Control	1814.25 ± 476.36	993–2845	1751.45
Water (g)	PCOS	1582.82 ± 606.21	426.3–3159.82	1525.38	0.946
	Control	1595.13 ± 785.33	436.61–3345.1	1290.49
Total protein (g)	PCOS	58.45 ± 15.38	32.36–101.52	57.04	0.311
	Control	62.29 ± 13.96	30.09–86.57	63.21
Total protein (%)	PCOS	12.73 ± 1.98	9–16	12.5	0.008^∗
	Control	14.39 ± 2.69	10–19	14
Total fat (g)	PCOS	83.51 ± 34.74	34.22–205.62	72.84	0.421
	Control	77.28 ± 24.58	43.8–137.55	73.43
Total fat (%)	PCOS	38.1 ± 6.2	26–53	37	0.906
	Control	37.9 ± 6.68	27–50	37
Total CHO (g)	PCOS	225.43 ± 61.07	147.76–389.99	205.64	0.454
	Control	213.19 ± 65.74	90.55–346.6	195.95
Total CHO (%)	PCOS	49 ± 6.26	35–59	49	0.449
	Control	47.77 ± 6.3	35–59	46
Dietary fiber (g)	PCOS	20.55 ± 7.21	11.56–38.02	18.45	0.498
	Control	21.76 ± 6.67	8.28–34.48	20.41
PUFA (g)	PCOS	21.58 ± 12.65	5.44–61.27	18.49	0.605
	Control	20.07 ± 9.83	3.29–47.93	19.83
Dietary cholesterol (mg)	PCOS	212.97 ± 81.26	46.54–411.6	212.32	0.624
	Control	225.07 ± 108.35	98.67–606	207.82

^aStudent’s t-test, .