Dietary intakes and food sources of fat and fatty acids in Guatemalan schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Mean daily intakes (% of total energy intake) of fat and fatty acids by Guatemalan schoolchildren, by gender and SES

Dietary Fats	High-SES		Low-SES		P value¹
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Total (n)	230	--	219	--	--
Energy, kJ	8,324	176	8,174	180	0.554
Total fat, %E	29.6	0.42	28.6	0.53	0.149
SFA, %E	10.8	0.22	9.6	0.28	<0.001***
MUFA, %E	10.3	0.18	9.9	0.22	0.216
PUFA, %E	5.9	0.13	6.5	0.15	0.006**
Total n-3, %E	0.6	0.01	0.5	0.01	0.029*
Total n-6, %E	5.4	0.12	5.9	0.14	0.002**
LA, 18:2n-6, %E	5.3	0.12	5.9	0.14	0.001**
ALA, 18:3n-3, %E)	0.5	0.01	0.5	0.01	0.040*
AA, 20:4n-6, %E	0.060	0.003	0.061	0.003	0.843
EPA, 20:5n-3, %E	0.005	0.001	0.004	0.001	0.495
DHA, 22:6n-3, %E	0.016	0.001	0.015	0.001	0.644
Cholesterol (mg)	340	13	333	13	0.682
Boys (n)	111	--	106	--
Energy, kJ	8,478	272	8,347	285	0.735
Total fat, %E	30.4	0.62	27.7	0.78	0.008**
SFA, %E	11.1	0.33	8.7	0.36	<0.001***
MUFA, %E	10.5	0.26	9.7	0.34	0.059
PUFA, %E	6.1	0.18	6.7	0.23	0.029*
Total n-3, %E	0.6	0.02	0.5	0.02	0.271
Total n-6, %E	5.5	0.17	6.2	0.21	0.015*
LA, 18:2n-6, %E	5.4	0.17	6.1	0.21	.014*
ALA, 18:3n-3, %E)	0.5	0.02	0.5	0.02	.436
AA, 20:4n-6, %E	0.068	0.004	0.062	0.004	0.348
EPA, 20:5n-3, %E	0.006	0.002	0.004	0.001	0.404
DHA, 22:6n-3, %E	0.020	0.002	0.016	0.002	0.196
Cholesterol (mg)	377	20.3	354	20.4	0.432
Girls	119	--	113	--
Energy, kJ	8,318	234	8,150	230	0.611
Total fat, %E	28.8	0.56	29.4	0.71	0.485
SFA, %E	10.5	0.28	10.5	0.41	0.994
MUFA, %E	10.0	0.25	10.1	0.29	0.093
PUFA, %E	5.8	0.18	6.3	0.21	0.841
Total n-3, %E	0.6	0.02	0.5	0.02	0.052
Total n-6, %E	5.2	0.17	5.8	0.19	0.046*
LA, 18:2n-6, %E	5.2	0.17	5.7	0.19	.034*
ALA, 18:3n-3, %E)	0.6	0.02	0.5	0.02	.040*
AA, 20:4n-6, %E	0.053	0.004	0.060	0.004	0.227
EPA, 20:5n-3, %E	0.004	0.001	0.004	0.001	0.968
DHA, 22:6n-3, %E	0.013	0.002	0.015	0.001	0.414
Cholesterol (mg)	306	14.5	313	16.9	0.767

¹Comparing mean intakes in children from high vs. low-SES, for the total sample and within gender groups, estimated with T-tests. Bold numbers indicate statistical significance between SES groups (*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001).

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