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Table 2 Mean energy and nutrient intake and dietary adequacy among Inuvialuit women of childbearing age: smokers versus non-smokers

From: Smoking and dietary inadequacy among Inuvialuit women of child bearing age in the Northwest Territories, Canada

Nutrients

Smokers

Non-Smokers

 

Smokers

Non-smokers

  
 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

P-value

% below AMDR†

P-value

AMDR†

Energy (kJ)

15664.9

7723.7

14673.3

6962.2

0.66

21.7

15.9

0.50

7536

% energy carbohydrate

48.7

12.7

45.3

12.8

0.29

30.4

34.8

0.80

45-65

% energy from fat

27.1

6.8

28.2

7.6

0.35

17.4

17.4

1.00

20-35

% energy protein

15.3

5.9

15.5

5.5

0.72

15.9

21.7

0.50

10-35

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

P-value

% below EAR *

P-value

EAR *

Carbohydrate (g)

436.0

218.0

384.0

237.0

0.17

-

-

-

-

Fat (g)

110.0

59.0

104.0

53.0

0.87

-

-

-

-

Protein (g)

140.0

80.0

130.0

67.0

0.78

-

-

-

-

Sugar (g)

237.0

130.0

202.0

186.0

0.08

-

-

-

-

Fibre (g)‡

22.7

14.7

22.4

10.9

0.84

65.2

69.6

0.80

25.0‡

Poly-unsaturated fat (g)

17.1

11.3

16.3

8.1

1.0

-

-

-

-

Omega 3 (g)

1.8

1.1

1.7

1.0

0.9

-

-

-

-

Omega 6 (g)

16.7

14.6

16.4

8.4

0.36

-

-

-

-

Cholesterol (mg)

460.0

237.0

426.0

242.0

0.4

-

-

-

ALAP§

Alcohol

67.1

128.3

75.5

145.0

0.79

-

-

-

-

% energy from alcohol

9.3

14.8

11.5

19.7

0.85

-

-

-

-

Vitamin BI (mg)

2.6

1.4

2.8

2.4

0.79

4.4

4.4

1.00

0.9

Vitamin B2 (mg)

4.4

2.1

4.4

3.1

0.35

69.0

23.0

0.44

0.9

Vitamin B3 (mg)

39.1

20.8

41.4

32.9

0.81

1.5

4.4

-

11.0

Vitamin B5 (mg)‡

10.8

5.4

9.2

4.8

0.24

21.7

7.3

0.11

53.0‡

Vitamin B6 (mg)

2.9

1.7

3.3

3.2

0.91

5.8

17.4

0.10

1.1

Vitamin B-12 (μg)

14.2

10.4

16.8

13.6

0.65

0

1.5

1.00

2.0

Folate (μg) ||

469.0

249.0

417.0

154.0

0.48

30.4

39.1

0.45

320.0

Vitamin C (mg)

261.0

214.0

219.0

279.0

0.15

10.1

17.4

0.45

60.0

Vitamin A (RAE) (μg) ∞

421.0

324.0

418.0

330.0

0.97

26.1

30.4

0.79

500.0

Vitamin D (μg) |

275.0

259.0

232.0

183.0

0.34

76.8

73.9

0.78

10.0

Vitamin E (mg) ¶

3.2

6.6

3.2

2.6

0.13

97.1

100.0

1.00

12.0

Magnesium (g)‡

394.0

173.0

358.0

148.0

0.32

23.2

34.8

0.28

265.0‡

Potassium (g)‡

4.3

1.9

3.8

1.6

0.31

63.8

69.6

0.8

4.7‡

Sodium (mg)‡

5.12

2.9

5.06

2.9

0.92

4.4

4.4

1.00

1.5‡

Iron (mg)

26.4

16.2

23.0

12.3

0.54

7.3

4.4

1.00

8.1

Calcium (mg)

1442.4

921.6

1295.6

743.9

0.44

39.1

23.2

0.20

800.0

Selenium (μg)

177.0

107.0

146.0

74.1

0.31

4.4

0.0

0.57

45.0

Zinc (mg)

20.0

11.2

18.1

10.0

0.53

5.8

13.0

0.17

6.8

  1. †Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDR) estimated amounts of energy needed to maintain energy balance for women aged ≥19 y.
  2. *Adequacy was determined using the Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) levels for women aged 19–50 y.
  3. ‡Adequate Intake (AI) levels for women aged 19–50 y.
  4. §As low as possible.
  5. ||Dietary Folate Equivalent.
  6. ∞Retinol Activity Equivalents.
  7. |As cholecalciferol.
  8. ¶As α–tocopherol.