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Table 2 Daily energy- and macronutrient intake stratified by sex

From: Dietary intake in undernourished adults living in Guinea-Bissau; a cross-sectional study

 

Total (n = 91)

Men (n = 43)

Women (n = 48)

 
 

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

Mean (sd)

p-valuea

Daily energy intake (EI) (kJ/d)

6588 (2163)

6326 (2104)

6822 (2210)

0.277

Daily energy expenditure (EE) (kJ/d)

9556 (1119)

10,479 (658)

8729 (731)

< 0.001b

Total carbohydrate intake (g/d)

255 (91)

250 (80)

259 (99)

0.629

Total protein intake (g/d)

56 (25)

52 (27)

59 (23)

0.234

Total fat intake (g/d)

35 (23)

31 (22)

38 (24)

0.154

Dietary diversity score

3.7 (1.2)

3.5 (1.0)

4.0 (1.3)

0.046

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

E% carbohydrate

66 (11)

68 (10)

64 (12)

0.093

E% protein

15 (5)

14 (5)

15 (6)

0.369

E% fat

19 (9)

17 (8)

20 (10)

0.092

  1. n sample size, E% energy percentage
  2. ap-value for difference between men and women
  3. bp-value represent difference between daily mean EI and mean EE, and is the same for both men and women