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Table 5 Means (SD) of selected micronutrients across sex-specific quintiles of DHD-index in 749 Dutch men and women *

From: The Dutch Healthy Diet index (DHD-index): an instrument to measure adherence to the Dutch Guidelines for a Healthy Diet

 

Sex-specific quintiles of Dutch healthy diet index

 

Micronutrients (day)

1 (n = 148)

3 (n = 151)

5 (n = 150)

P for trend

Calcium (mg)

1744 (880)

1632 (719)

1414 (693)

<0.001

Folate (mcg)

169 (76)

166 (92)

177 (91)

0.344

Iron (mg)

9.3 (3.1)

9.8 (5.7)

9.1 (3.8)

0.999

Magnesium (mg)

309 (126)

299 (125)

290 (116)

0.257

Potassium (mg)

3056 (1129)

2991 (1080)

3036 (1096)

0.975

Riboflavin (mg)

1.5 (0.)

1.5 (0.7)

1.3 (0.6)

0.002

Thiamin (mg)

1.0 (0.4)

1.0 (0.4)

1.0 (0.5)

0.119

Vitamin A (RE)

974 (882)

975 (1031)

905 (775)

0.420

Vitamin B6 (mg)

1.6 (0.8)

1.5 (0.7)

1.6 (0.7)

0.857

Vitamin B12 (mcg)

3.8 (2.1)

3.6 (5.4)

3.2 (2.8)

0.118

Vitamin C (mg)

63 (40)

76 (48)

108 (62)

<0.001

Vitamin E (mg)

12.6 (7.0)

10.5 (5.8)

9.6 (5.0)

<0.001

Calcium (mg)

1598 (775)

1739 (902)

1786 (1086)

0.201

Folate (mcg)

149 (48)

167 (71)

211 (86)

<0.001

Iron (mg)

8.5 (2.5)

10.0 (6.8)

10.9 (3.5)

<0.001

Magnesium (mg)

272 (64)

303 (116)

345 (102)

<0.001

Potassium (mg)

2718 (673)

3039 (906)

3649 (1077)

<0.001

Riboflavin (mg)

1.4 (0.6)

1.5 (0.8)

1.5 (0.7)

0.014

Thiamin (mg)

0.9 (0.3)

1.0 (0.5)

1.2 (0.4)

<0.001

Vitamin A (RE)

882 (770)

987 (1001)

1073 (894)

0.058

Vitamin B6 (mg)

1.4 (0.4)

1.5 (0.7)

1.9 (0.6)

<0.001

Vitamin B12 (mcg)

3.4 (2.1)

3.7 (4.3)

3.8 (3.2)

0.189

Vitamin C (mg)

57 (40)

79 (50)

134 (80)

<0.001

Vitamin E (mg)

11.1 (5.0)

10.3 (4.7)

11.2 (4.4)

0.952

  1. *cut-off quintiles men: 47.7, 54.9, 60.6, 67.2.
  2. cut-off quintiles women: 50.4, 56.5, 62.7, 70.6.
  3. RE = retinol equivalents.