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Table 3 Mean (SD) daily food group intake of T2DM and control groups

From: Dietary quality in a sample of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ireland; a cross-sectional case control study

 

T2DM

Controls

Pvalue

 

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

N

 

Food group

       

Bread (g)3

112.9

69.9

47

74.2

48.6

45

0.003

Breakfast cereals (g)2

42.1

43.8

47

53.8

52.7

45

0.327

Potatoes (g)1

96.8

59.8

47

108.6

80.5

45

0.283

Rice/pasta/other (g)3

50.3

56.0

47

76.5

81.2

45

0.141

Wholegrains (g)2

42.1

41.7

39

34.6

39.0

41

0.161

Legumes (g)2

8.2

20.9

39

9.3

16.2

41

0.280

Vegetables (g)

129.3

58.7

47

155.8

94.3

45

0.046

Fruit (g)

162.0

95.3

47

151.4

118.9

45

0.088

Nuts (g)2

5.9

10.7

39

6.5

19.7

41

0.089

Seeds (g)2

2.1

6.1

39

9.0

21.2

41

0.240

Meat & meat products (g)2

135.8

67.8

47

108.2

78.4

45

0.748

Fish (g)2

19.6

31.5

47

57.3

60.0

45

0.933

Red meat (g)3

62.3

48.7

39

51.1

42.3

41

0.317

White meat (g)3

41.8

34.0

39

41.2

62.3

41

0.136

Processed meats (g)3

35.2

29.0

39

24.1

34.0

41

0.026

Milk / cream (g)2

198.54

134.9

49

106.98

97.62

45

0.000

Cheese (g)2

13.74

17.31

49

17.93

23.08

45

0.913

Yogurts (g)2

40.76

50.51

41

35.36

45.51

41

0.241

Ice-cream (g)2

4.87

11.82

41

3.10

8.44

41

0.841

Biscuits & cakes (g)2

47.4

50.4

47

43.6

44.4

45

0.725

Sugar & confectionary (g)2

19.5

32.9

47

31.0

61.6

45

0.181

Fats & oils (g)3

15.6

10.7

47

11.8

10.4

45

0.048

Alcoholic drinks (g)2

251.2

425.0

47

298.4

392.0

45

0.063

  1. T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, SD standard deviation, N subject numbers.
  2. 1Square root transformation; 2 Log transformation; 3 Non-parametric t-test analysis. All other p-values obtained by independent 2-tailed t-test analyses between T2DM group and control group.
  3. Subject numbers may vary due to missing data.
  4. Statistically significant (P < 0.05).