Fig. 3

Prescribed caloric intakes, actual delivered caloric intakes, and calories/kg/day are presented for the four experimental groups. The prescribed caloric intake per day was 1526 kcal (95% CI 1325–1727), 1284 kcal (95% CI 994–1574), 1426 kcal (95% CI 1223–1629), and 1276 kcal (95% CI 1022–1530), respectively for Control, EPA, HMB, and HMB + EPA groups (p = 0.337). The mean caloric intake per day was 1207 kcal (95% CI 952–1462), 1010 kcal (95% CI 742–1279), 1096 kcal (95% CI 894–1298), and 912 kcal (95% CI 663–1160), respectively for Control, EPA, HMB, and HMB + EPA groups (p = 0.296). The mean caloric intake/Kg per day was 15.1 (95% CI 11.5–18.7), 12.1 (95% CI 8.9–15.3), 13.0 kcal (95% CI 10.0–16.0), and 14.5 kcal (95% CI 9.3–19.7), respectively for Control, EPA, HMB, and HMB + EPA groups (p = 0.641). As a result, there were no significant differences in caloric intake (Kcal/Day) or caloric intake normalized to body weight (Kcal/Kg) between the four groups