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Table 4 Daily dietary nutrient intakes by vegetable expenditure *

From: Spending on vegetable and fruit consumption could reduce all-cause mortality among older adults

 

Total population

Quintiles (range) of daily vegetable expenditure (NTD/day)

P

 

Q1 (<8.20)

Q2 (8.21-13.9)

Q3 (14.0-20.6)

Q4 (20.7-29.7)

Q5 (>29.7)

Energy (kcal)

1626

1574

1667

1586

1677

1621

0.554

Protein (g)

65.2

58.3

62.5

66.0

68.2

70.3

0.001

Total fat (g)

44.1

46.3

44.1

43.4

43.9

43.0

0.737

SFA (g)

13.3

16.0

13.4

13.0

12.6

11.5

0.001

PUFA (g)

13.5

12.0

13.3

13.2

14.1

14.8

0.011

Cholesterol (mg)

207

209

214

222

206

184

0.080

Carbohydrate (g)

215

205

213

218

219

220

0.078

Dietary fiber (g)

18.8

13.7

14.8

16.8

20.9

27.3

<0.001

Fe (mg)

11.5

8.38

9.41

10.5

13.2

15.5

<0.001

Ca (mg)

624

544

556

576

633

798

<0.001

P (mg)

944

862

899

945

965

1039

0.007

Mg (mg)

225

179

196

215

235

294

<0.001

Na (mg)

4520

3499

3753

4245

5118

5831

<0.001

K (mg)

2270

1698

1899

2178

2416

3087

<0.001

Vitamin A (I.U.)

9354

5234

6605

8345

11353

14664

<0.001

Vitamin D (mg)

5.30

4.95

5.57

5.96

5.06

4.67

0.300

Vitamin E (mg)

7.46

5.89

6.46

7.19

8.30

9.23

<0.001

Vitamin B-1 (mg)

1.07

0.96

1.04

1.01

1.13

1.19

0.167

Vitamin B-2 (mg)

1.35

1.43

1.35

1.25

1.29

1.41

0.114

Niacin (mg)

13.4

12.0

12.7

13.4

14.4

14.5

0.050

Vitamin B-6 (mg)

1.11

1.02

1.01

1.05

1.20

1.26

0.006

Vitamin C (mg)

148

105

122

133

171

202

<0.001

  1. *All values are presented by mean.
  2. Differences across quintiles were tested by ANOVA.