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Table 7 Dietary total flavonoid intake in the study groups (mg QE/person/day)

From: Dietary antioxidant capacity of the patients with cardiovascular disease in a cross-sectional study

Plant food and beverages

Men

P

Women

P

CVD patients (n = 357)

Healthy control (n = 357)

CVD patients (n = 286)

Healthy control (n = 286)

Mean 95% CI

Median 25-75 percentile

Mean 95% CI

Median 25-75 percentile

Mean 95% CI

Median 25-75 percentile

Mean 95% CI

Median 25-75 percentile

Beverages 1

82.6 (77.4-87.7)

77 (56–114)

88.4 (83.5-93.3)

77 (60–115)

0.04

79.2 (74.3-84.1)

77 (53–107)

75.8 (71.2-80.3)

75 (41–103)

0.34

tea infusion2

61.8 (57.0-66.6)

 

64.5 (60.0-69.0)

  

55.7 (51.2-60.1)

 

52.2 (48.3-56.1)

  

coffee infusion3

17.7 (15.1-20.3)

 

18.4 (16.0-20.8)

  

20.5 (17.7-23.3)

 

20.9 (18.0-23.8)

  

others4

3.1 (2.1-4.0)

 

5.5 (3.5-7.4)

  

3.0 (1.6-4.5)

 

2.7 (1.7-3.7)

  

Vegetables

63.8 (54.4-73.1)

40 (23–65)

57.1 (49.7-64.5)

39 (25–62)

0.98

49.4 (41.8-56.9)

31 (17–52)

45.3 (38.4-52.3)

29 (17–48)

0.56

potatoes

12.0 (10.9-13.1)

 

13.5 (12.4-14.6)

  

8.5 (7.5-9.5)

 

9.6 (8.6-10.7)

  

cabbage5

28.8 (19.8-37.8)

 

20.1 (13.0-27.2)

  

19.9 (13.1-26.6)

 

17.1 (10.7-23.4)

  

tomatoes

5.3 (4.2-6.4)

 

5.1 (4.1-6.1)

  

6.0 (4.8-7.3)

 

4.1 (3.1-5.1)

  

carrots

2.1 (1.8-2.5)

 

2.4 (2.0-2.8)

  

2.1 (1.6-2.7)

 

2.1 (1.7-2.5)

  

onions

6.5 (5.4-7.6)

 

6.4 (5.4-7.3)

  

4.9 (4.1-5.8)

 

5.0 (4.2-5.8)

  

beetroots

3.0 (2.0-4.0)

 

3.4 (2.2-4.7)

  

2.5 (1.4-3.7)

 

2.3 (1.3-3.3)

  

cauliflower

0.3 (0.1-0.6)

 

0.3 (0.1-0.5)

  

0.6 (0.2-0.9)

 

0.2 (0.1-0.4)

  

others6

5.8 (5.1-6.5)

 

5.9 (5.2-6.7)

  

4.8 (4.1-5.5)

 

4.9 (4.2-5.7)

  

Fruit and jams

52.5 (46.2-58.8)

37 (0–87)

43.2 (37.6-48.9)

30 (0–69)

0.03

62.6 (54.3-70.8)

43 (1–88)

47.6 (41.3-54.0)

41 (1–73)

0.02

apples

37.4 (32.1-42.6)

 

29.1 (24.4-33.8)

  

39.9 (33.6-46.3)

 

30.7 (26.2-35.1)

  

bananas

0.9 (0.4-1.3)

 

1.5 (0.8-2.1)

  

1.4 (0.8-2.1)

 

1.3 (0.8-1.8)

  

strawberries

3.2 (1.4-5.0)

 

2.3 (0.8-3.7)

  

6.2 (2.1-10.4)

 

4.2 (1.5-6.8)

  

plums

2.6 (1.3-4.0)

 

4.2 (2.6-5.9)

  

3.5 (2.1-4.9)

 

3.6 (1.1-6.1)

  

pears

1.2 (0.6-1.9)

 

1.0 (0.3-1.8)

  

1.4 (0.5-2.4)

 

0.5 (0–1.0)

  

citrus fruits7

2.7 (1.0-4.4)

 

2.0 (0.8-3.2)

  

3.4 (1.2-5.6)

 

2.0 (0.5-3.4)

  

grapes

1.1 (0.2-2.0)

 

0.6 (0.1-1.2)

  

2.4 (1.0-3.8)

 

1.8 (0.8-2.9)

  

sour cherries

1.7 (0.9-2.5)

 

0.5 (0.1-0.8)

  

1.9 (0.5-3.3)

 

2.0 (0.8-3.1)

  

others8

1.7 (1.1-2.2)

 

2.1 (0.9-3.4)

  

2.3 (1.4-3.2)

 

1.7 (1.0-2.4)

  

Cereal products

12.0 (11.3-12.8)

11 (7–16)

12.3 (11.4-13.1)

11 (7–16)

0.89

8.4 (7.8-9.1)

7 (5–11)

8.1 (7.5-8.8)

7 (4–11)

0.71

white bread

7.0 (6.2-7.7)

 

7.9 (7.1-8.7)

  

3.8 (3.3-4.3)

 

4.1 (3.6-4.7)

  

others9

5.1 (4.4-5.7)

 

4.3 (3.6-5.1)

  

4.6 (4.0-5.3)

 

4.0 (3.4-4.6)

  

Chocolates 10

0.4 (0.1-0.7)

0

0.2 (0.1-0.4)

0

0.69

0.2 (0.04-0.3)

0

0.1 (0.03-0.3)

0

0.62

Nuts and seeds 11

0.6 (0–1.4)

0

0.3 (0.1-0.6)

0

0.99

0.2 (0.001-0.4)

0

0.2 (0–0.5)

0

0.74

Total

212 (199–225)

190 (131–260)

202 (191–212)

180 (133–239)

0.38

200 (187–213)

178 (124–243)

177 (167–187)

166 (116–220)

0.03

  1. n – number, CI – confidence interval, CVD – cardiovascular disease, QE - quercetine equivalents.
  2. For 1–11, see Table 2.