Table 2 Sex-stratified macronutrient intake in the vegan and the Danish National Survey of Dietary Habits and Physical Activity (DANSDA) study samples with the 2012 Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR)

Energy, total (kJ/day)

11710

10640

0.025**

<11000

8645

7977

0.44**

<8800

(10360–13950)

(9021–13950)

(7591–9618)

(7052–9228)

Fat, total (g/day)

86.7

103.6

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶

~74.3-118.9

65.1

74.0

1.69 × 10⁻⁵

~59.5-95.1

(63–105)

(86–128)

(49–79)

(61.7–89.5)

SFA (g/day)

17

43

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶

<30

13

31

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶

<24

(11–22)

(35–55)

(10–17)

(25–38)

MUFA (g/day)

26

37

8.87 × 10⁻¹⁴

~30-60

22

26

9.9 × 10⁻¹²

~24-48

(20–39)

(30–46)

(17–29)

(21–32)

PUFA (g/day)

26

15

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶**

~15-30

19

11

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶

~12-24

(18–35)

(12–18)

(15–25)

(9–13)

PUFA:SFA

1.7

0.34

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶

1.6

0.36

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶

(1.3–2.2)

(0.3–0.4)

(1–2)

(0.3–0.4)

Trans Fatty Acids (g/day)

0

1.7

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶***

0

1.2

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶

(1.3–1.9)

(1.0–1.6)

Cholesterol (mg/day)

0.2

340.1

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶**

<300

0.4

252.4

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶**

<300

(0.0–0.7)

(285.6–361.9)

(0.0–0.8)

(506.6–306.5)

Carbohydrates, available (g/day)

331.9

287.7

0.63

~291.2-388.2

221.7

229.7

0.027

~232.9-310.6

(274–365)

(242–336)

(191–274)

(199–267)

Added sugar (g/day)

18

53

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶

<65

22

42

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶**

<52

(9–29)

(34–83)

(8–31)

(28–61)

Dietary fibres (g/day)

56

23

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶**

30

40

20

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶**

30

(44–75)

(19–28)

(33–46)

(17–25)

Protein, total (g/day)

75.5

94.2

<2 × 10⁻¹⁶**

~64.7-129.4

59.1

69.7

2.4 × 10⁻¹⁴**

~51.8-103.5

(66–96)

(82–109)

(51–67)

(61–80)