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Table 2 Comparison of food intake (g/d) in recipes within the recommended range in Dietary Pagoda

From: Development and validation of a novel food exchange system for Chinese pregnant women

 

Traditional

NFES-CPW

 

Median (P25, P75)

Rec [n (%)]

Median (P25, P75)

Rec [n (%)]

Cereal and its products, potatoes, and beans excluding soybeans

309.5 (297.0, 318.8)

29 (72.5)

324.0 (319.0, 349.0)**

23 (57.5)

Whole-grain cereals, and beans excluding soybeans

35.0 (0.0, 40.0)

0 (0.0)

77.0 (75.0, 81.5)**

36 (90.0)**

Potatoes

50.0 (50.0, 50.0)

9 (22.5)

75.0 (75.0, 97.0)**

40 (100.0)**

Vegetables

405.0 (382.5, 430.5)

40 (100.0)

388.0 (367.5, 423.8)

40 (100.0)

Fruits

394.5 (345.3, 440.5)

21 (52.5)

365.0 (339.3, 379.5)**

39 (97.5)**

Livestock and poultry meat, fish, shrimp and shellfish, and eggs

151.5 (135.5, 166.3)

22 (55.0)

180.0 (175.0, 190.0)**

37 (92.5)**

Livestock and poultry meat

70.0 (54.0, 84.5)

21 (52.5)

70.0 (70.0, 78.0)

29 (72.5)

Fish, shrimp and shellfish

32.0 (0.0, 60.0)

11 (27.5)

60.0 (50.0, 70.0)**

36 (90.0)**

Eggs

50.0 (50.0, 50.0)

29 (72.5)

50.0 (50.0, 50.0)

39 (97.5)**

Milk and its products

420.0 (388.0, 431.8)

39 (97.5)

420.0 (398.0, 420.0)

39 (97.5)

Soybean and its products

16.0 (16.0, 18.0)

0 (0.0)

15.5 (14.3, 16.0)**

0 (0.0)

Nuts

10.0 (10.0, 10.0)

37 (92.5)

10.0 (9.0, 10.0)

20 (50.0)**

  1. NFES-CPW, Novel food exchange system for Chinese pregnant women; Rec, The number and percentage of derived recipes with food consumption within the recommended range
  2. P-values were assessed using the Wilcoxon rank sum test for non-normally distributed continuous variables or χ² test for categorical variables; nsP > 0.05, non-significant; *P < 0.05, significant; **P < 0.01, significant