Table 7 Five major sources of folic acid and their percent contribution by ethnic group and gender*
| Â | 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 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 17.4 | 22.3 | 11.9 | 18.6 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 21.8 |
Orange/GF/pomelo | 10.4 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.5 |
Bread | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.3 | n/a | 8.0 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
Beans | 5.4 | 5.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 8.2 | 8.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
Dark greens | 5.6 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 4.3 |
Beer | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4.5 | n/a | 4.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Tropical fruits | n/a | n/a | 3.7 | n/a | 5.5 | n/a | 4.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Total [%] | 46.7 | 48.7 | 44.1 | 42.5 | 47.0 | 43.4 | 47.7 | 40.7 | 45.5 | 43.7 | 46.1 | 45.5 |