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Table 3 Five major sources of thiamin 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

Latinos-US

Caucasians

Food items

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

Men (%)

Cereals

19.2

18.4

15.6

13.9

15.6

14.8

22.3

9.7

17.1

15.6

18.8

19.0

Bread

11.2

11.8

11.6

11.2

11.4

10.1

8.2

16.9

12.8

11.9

13.8

12.3

Orange/GF/pomelo

6.1

6.7

5.6

4.9

6.9

5.3

6.2

4.9

5.6

4.9

5.4

4.9

Pork & ham

3.4

4.9

4.4

5.6

3.2

4.5

4.2

n/a

3.9

5.1

3.1

4.4

Rice

n/a

4.6

6.4

9.3

10.5

13.7

3.4

5.1

6.5

8.7

n/a

n/a

Pasta with TS or cheese

4.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

5.1

5.0

Muffins/doughnuts

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

4.5

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Total [%]

44.2

46.4

43.6

44.9

47.6

48.4

44.3

41.1

45.9

46.2

46.2

45.6

  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); TS, Tomato sauce; GF, Grapefruits.