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Table 6 Five major sources of vitamin B6 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 (%)

Cereals

17.9

17.6

14.2

12.9

13.7

13.1

19.0

9.7

15.7

14.8

17.6

18.1

Bananas

11.9

11.1

11.3

9.0

14.3

10.9

16.0

14.1

13.3

10.1

13.2

11.0

Chicken/turkeys

6.7

6.7

4.6

4.7

4.8

5.2

5.3

4.8

5.2

5.4

5.1

4.9

Rice

n/a

4.3

5.7

8.1

9.5

11.9

n/a

4.4

5.8

7.6

n/a

n/a

Beer

n/a

3.5

n/a

5.5

n/a

5.3

n/a

n/a

n/a

5.1

n/a

5.2

Bread

3.2

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2.8

4.9

3.5

n/a

3.9

n/a

Potatoes

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

3.6

3.7

Orange/GF/pomelo

3.0

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2.9

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Stir-fried MT & Veg

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

3.6

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Taro

n/a

n/a

3.8

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Total [%]

42.7

43.2

39.6

40.2

45.9

46.4

46.4

37.9

43.5

43.0

43.4

42.9

  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); GF, Grapefruits; Veg, vegetables; MT, meat.
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