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Table 2 Food intakes in urban and rural lactating mothers from China in 2018

From: Dietary intake in lactating mothers in China 2018: report of a survey

Food categories

Total (n = 954)

Urban (n = 514)

Rural (n = 440)

P-value1

Cereal and their products, potatoes and beans other than soybeans (g/d)

273.58 (201.43; 350.77)

263.21 (194.16; 340.93)

283.37 (212.84; 357.47)

0.007*

Potatoes (g/d)

19.7 (0; 50)

23.75 (0; 54.26)

12.5 (0; 49.25)

0.155 ns

Vegetables (g/d)

147.53 (78.59; 238.94)

177.36 (100.98; 265.12)

117.66 (61.96; 204.43)

0.000*

Green leafy vegetables and colored vegetables such as red and yellow (g/d)

147.57 (69.68; 246.71)

154.51 (72.55; 251.25)

139.35 (63.17; 238)

0.113 ns

Fruits (g/d)

69.05 (32.75; 122.96)

84 (42.65; 138.53)

53.75 (22.85; 100.25)

0.000*

Livestock meat, poultry, fish, shrimp, shellfish and egg (g/d)

184.18 (115.58; 280.61)

200.81 (139.23; 296.48)

168.02 (95.1; 257.22)

0.000*

Livestock meat and poultry (g/d)

105 (56.25; 179.72)

111.19 (64.03; 188.83)

98.89 (46.25; 166.32)

0.001*

Fish, shrimp and shellfish (g/d)

10.05 (0; 51.03)

14.5 (0; 57.79)

4.3 (0; 43.9)

0.010*

Egg (g/d)

45.59 (23.49; 69.6)

49.25 (27.38; 73.71)

34.31 (21.75; 64.38)

0.000*

Milk and its products (g/d)

100 (0; 207.5)

103.75 (0; 237.79)

68.4 (0; 192.91)

0.000*

Soybean and its products (g/d)

3 (0; 11.5)

4.2 (0; 13.31)

2.4 (0; 11.14)

0.065*

Nuts (g/d)

0 (0; 12)

0 (0; 11)

0 (0; 12.5)

0.571 ns

Cooking oil (g/d)

30 (25.65; 31.75)

30 (25.9; 32.33)

29.02 (25.5; 30.8)

0.000*

Water (ml/d)

1075 (650; 1625)

1050 (695; 1500)

1100 (600; 1800)

0.189 ns

  1. The data have been presented as median (P25; P75)
  2. 1Statistically significant difference between urban and rural areas (p < 0.05) with Mann-Whitney U test; ns, p > 0.05 non-significant; *p < 0.05 significant