Table 2 Absolute food intake data (g/day) are presented with mean (SD) and median (25^th and 75^th percentiles) for women and men separately

  vegetables

175 ± 118

156 (96, 228)

155 ± 89

134 (86, 202)

0.105

  fruit + berries

166 ± 150

144 (70, 218)

168 ± 140

130 (62, 250)

0.708

  juice

44 ± 72

0 (0, 50)

68 ± 151

0 (13, 34)

0.046

  total intake^c

374 ± 249

346 (192, 480)

335 ± 205

264 (188, 446)

0.122

β-carotene (μg)

2314 ± 1778

1971 (1035, 3094)

3605 ± 2222

3102 (1825, 5157)

<0.001

Whole grains^d

  wholegrain wheat

8.6 ± 8.3

6.8 (2.7, 11.7)

11.2 ± 9.2

9.4 (3.3, 16.0)

0.003

  wholegrain rye

10.7 ± 10.5

7.6 (3.9, 16.2)

14.4 ± 19.3

9.6 (0.3, 21.1)

0.152

  Total wheat + rye

19.3 ± 13.3

17.3 (9.6, 26.0)

25.6 ± 25.1

21.2 (6.6, 35.6)

0.025

 Fruits and vegetables^e

  vegetables

182 ± 106

164 (108, 225)

145 ± 79

130 (87, 195)

<0.001

  fruit + berries

130 ± 111

100 (48, 191)

161 ± 185

104 (53, 226)

0.172

  juice

56 ± 94

0 (0, 100)

71 ± 98

34 (13, 100)

0.004

  total intake^c

340 ± 176

303 (220, 419)

317 ± 223

262 (182, 410)

0.009

β-carotene (μg)

2431 ± 1844

1836 (1145, 3652)

3060 ± 1877

2654 (1595, 4300)

<0.001

Whole grains^f

  wholegrain wheat

10.5 ± 10.7

7.3 (2.4, 16.3)

12.7 ± 11.1

9.0 (4.0, 18.2)

0.034

  wholegrain rye

14.7 ± 13.2

13.3 (3.9, 20.7)

14.6 ± 17.4

8.9 (0.7, 21.7)

0.396

  Total wheat + rye

25.1 ± 17.6

21.7 (13.4, 32.7)

27.5 ± 23.5

22.4 (6.2, 41.0)

0.919