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Table 2 Percent energy from macronutrients and intakes of nutrients and foods among under-reporters and acceptable reporters

From: Evaluation of energy and dietary intake estimates from a food frequency questionnaire using independent energy expenditure measurement and weighed food records

 

UR, n = 19

AR, n = 35

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Percent energy from

    

added sugar

4

2.4

5

2.4

carbohydrates

45

5.0

42

5.5

fat

30a

6.2

35

5.3

protein

18b

2.4

17

2.0

Intakes of

Median

25th , 75th

percentiles

Median

25th , 75th

percentiles

antioxidants (mmol/d)

20

12, 25

24

14, 29

vitamin C (mg/d)

118c

76, 159

151

114, 198

β-carotene (mcg/d)

2d

1, 3

3

2, 4

berries (g/d)

13

1, 29

19

10, 30

chocolate (g/d)

6

1, 13

7

4, 22

coffee (g/d)

442

66, 617

406

36, 679

fruit (g/d)

121

69, 221

113

66, 181

fruit and berry juices (g/d)

42

11, 86

107

21, 185

nuts (g/d)

3

1, 9

6

2, 16

tea (g/d)

80

20, 400

60

20, 220

vegetables (g/d)

212e

110, 252

265

199, 414

wine (g/d)

66

12, 119

43

3, 89

  1. Under-reporters, UR; acceptable reporters, AR; standard deviation, SD. a Different from AR, p = 0.003; b different from AR, p = 0.012; c different from AR, p = 0.024; d different from AR, p = 0.040; e different from AR, p = 0.027