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Table 4 Energy intakes and % energy from macronutrients based on quartiles of waist circumference in year 1, 5 and 10.

From: Associations of body mass index and waist circumference with: energy intake and percentage energy from macronutrients, in a cohort of australian children

 

Quartile

N

WC (cm)

Total Energy (Kj/day)

% FAT

% CHO

% PRO

Year 1

       
 

1

32

51.3 ± 1.6

6337 ± 759

32.5 ± 6.1

51.8 ± 6.1

15.7 ± 2.8

 

2

32

54.5 ± 0.8

6321 ± 844

33.5 ± 5.4

49.8 ± 6.3

16.8 ± 3.4

 

3

32

57.5 ± 1.0

6703 ± 835

30.5 ± 6.2

53.9 ± 7.7

15.7 ± 3.2

 

4

31

64.1 ± 6.2

6842 ± 961

31.4 ± 4.8

52.9 ± 6.5

15.8 ± 4.0

Year 5

       
 

1

190

56.7 ± 2.5

7145 ± 10801

32.9 ± 6.6

50.7 ± 86

16.4 ± 4.7

 

2

190

62.0 ± 1.4

7538 ± 10861

33.0 ± 5.8

50.8 ± 7.4

16.3 ± 4.1

 

3

188

67.2 ± 1.9

8084 ± 1265

33.4 ± 5.5

50.1 ± 7.0

16.5 ± 4.5

 

4

189

79.1 ± 7.0

8527 ± 1641

32.6 ± 6.6

50.6 ± 7.8

16.7 ± 4.5

Year 10

       
 

1

117

66.8 ± 2.7

8600 ± 16821

33.4 ± 7.8

49.5 ± 9.1

17.1 ± 5.1

 

2

117

72.4 ± 1.3

9233 ± 17921

33.6 ± 7.6

50.2 ± 8.5

16.3 ± 4.2

 

3

117

76.8 ± 1.3

10007 ± 2299

32.9 ± 7.6

49.7 ± 9.2

17.4 ± 5.0

 

4

117

85.2 ± 6.1

10151 ± 2687

32.7 ± 6.9

49.7 ± 8.6

17.4 ± 4.9

  1. Values are means ± standard deviation
  2. 1 Significant difference between quartiles of energy intake- significantly different to quartiles 3 and 4.
  3. (p < 0.05)