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Table 2 Five major sources of refined grains and their percent contribution by ethnic group and gender*

From: Ethnic differences in grains consumption and their contribution to intake of B-vitamins: results of the Multiethnic Cohort Study

 

African Americans

Native Hawaiians

Japanese Americans

Latino-Mexico

Latino-US

Caucasians

Food items

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

White rice

10.3

11.8

36.7

46.4

47.0

54.1

7.1

5.7

8.5

8.1

12.8

17.1

White bread

8.4

10.4

7.6

7.2

5.9

5.6

7.1

7.3

8.7

9.1

9.3

9.3

Rolls/Buns/Biscuits

6.4

6.1

4.3

3.1

3.9

2.5

7.8

8.3

14.9

14.4

9.2

6.6

Corn tortilla/bread

6.4

5.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

27.8

28.7

10.4

9.5

n/a

n/a

Sweet rolls / Coffee cake

n/a

4.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

3.5

4.2

n/a

n/a

Ramen or saimin

n/a

n/a

3.2

2.5

3.0

2.8

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Crackers and pretzels

n/a

n/a

2.9

n/a

3.2

2.0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

6.2

n/a

Mexican or Spanish rice

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

4.0

3.8

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Spaghetti / Ravioli / Lasagna

4.1

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

6.0

5.5

Pizza

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

4.8

Pancakes / French toast

n/a

n/a

n/a

2.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Total [%]

35.6

37.9

54.7

61.5

63.0

67.0

53.8

53.8

46.0

45.3

43.5

43.3

  1. * Top source for each ethnic-sex group is bolded; items that did not appear in the top 5 for a particular ethnic sex group are indicated by n/a (not applicable).
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