Clinical Efficacy of Curcumin and Vitamin E on Inflammatory-Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Primary Symptoms of Menopause in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: A Triple-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Comparison of dietary intake between participants among the study groups.

Variable	Curcumin (n = 26)	Vitamin E (n = 27)	Placebo (n = 28)	value
Energy (kcal/day)^†	2006.45 (532.8)	2174.6 (268.9)	2291.0 (345.1)	0.815
Carbohydrate (g/day)^†	280.8 (70.1)	328.1 (38.1)	363.5 (49.7)	0.555
Protein (g/day)^†	54.27 (12.9)	58.1 (12.2)	63.7 (17.7)	0.572
Total fat (g/day)^†	67.3 (24.8)	61.7 (12.8)	63.1 (13.8)	0.974
SFA (g/day)^†	28.9 (7.5)	23.0 (3.0)	26.4 (4.6)	0.740
PUFA (g/day)^†	22.0 (6.3)	23.8 (3.8)	21.3 (3.4)	0.923
MUFA (g/day)^†	33.6 (9.2)	31.7 (5.1)	30.9 (4.4)	0.959
Total fiber (g/day)^†	43.1 (6.4)	54.6 (7.4)	50.9 (5.6)	0.522
Vitamin E (mg/day)^†	16.7 (3.4)	22.1 (5.5)	17.7 (2.3)	0.584
Vitamin C (mg/day)^†	129.7 (21.1)	146.6 (35.7)	193.5 (46.7)	0.023
Vitamin A (mg/day)^†	569.7 (109.3)	490.7 (39.9)	786.1 (203.1)	0.051
Vitamin D (μg/day)^†	1.7 (0.87)	1.6 (0.2)	2.1 (0.63)	0.820
Selenium (μg/day)^†	92.5 (31.3)	99.2 (15.1)	111.3 (25.3)	0.826
Zinc (mg/day)^†	9.1 (2.1)	8.8 (1.8)	11.2 (2.4)	0.451
Turmeric (mg/day)	533.6 (454.5)	576.5 (322.5)	592.2 (345.5)	0.688

SFA: saturated fatty acid, PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid, MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; ^†Mean (SD); one-way ANOVA.