Impact of sociodemographic factors on the consumption of tubers in Brazil

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Intake of tuber types in rural and urban areas across Brazilian macroregions

Region	Mandioca		Potato		Sweet Potato		Carrot		Yam		Beet
	% consuming	g/day among consumers	% consuming	g/day among consumers	% consuming	g/day among consumers	% consuming	g/day among consumers	% consuming	g/day among consumers	% consuming	g/day among consumers
All Brazil	59	77	43	95	3.8	156	11	30	3.5	84	4.6	50
Rural	76	110***	24	99***	6.2	191	5.6	34	3.3	90	2.4	57
Urban	55	67***	47	95***	3.3	141	12	29	3.5	83	5.1	49
North^£	94	101^a	14	79^c	0.5	119^a	3.7	24^a	0.6	102a	1.1	62^ab
Rural	96	143^a	8	81^a	0.2	131^a	1	16^a	1.5	116^a	0.6	124^a
Urban	93	84^b	16	75^b	0.6	107^a	4.9	20^a	0.2	75^a	1.3	44^b
Northeast^£	83	78^c	16	72^c	8	172^a	3	24^a	7.8	82^c	1.3	92^a
Rural	88	96^a	7.5	62^a	9.4	206a	1.3	27^a	4.2	84^a	0.3	104^a
Urban	81	73^b	19	74^a	7.5	159b	3.6	22^a	9.2	82^b	1.7	81^a
Southeast^£	42	58^d	63	99^a	1.6	135^b	15	30^a	3	87^bc	5.9	40^b
Rural	54	78^a	55	105^a	3.4	121^a	9.1	40^a	5.5	84^a	4.2	46^a
Urban	41	52^b	64	98^a	1.4	122^a	15	30^a	2.8	84^a	6	42^a
South^£	34	88^bc	62	104^a	4.6	137^b	21	29^a	0.1	73^c	8.4	45^b
Rural	44	108^a	56	110^a	7.8	131^a	19	26^a	0	0	8.1	43^a
Urban	32	74^b	64	100^a	3.9	121^a	22	29^a	0.1	66	8.4	41^a
Central-West^£	68	75^b	35	76^b	2.9	99^b	13	28^a	0.9	87^ab	7.3	64^b
Rural	76	109^a	28	68^a	2.1	134^a	10	22^a	3.3	167^a	4.9	62^a
Urban	67	67^b	36	77^a	3	98^a	14	27^a	0.6	38^b	7.6	56^a

^£Means were adjusted for age, gender and income. Significant difference (**P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001) between macroregions/urban and rural areas within macroregions; Means that do not share the same letter are significantly different (p < 0.05) to each other; % of prevalence amongst consumers

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