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Table 2 Energy, detailed fat intake and fat quality indicators between long-term cohorts of long term care residents in 2007 and 2017

From: Dietary fat intake and quality in long-term care residents in two cohorts assessed 10 years apart

Energy and fat intakes, fat quality and vitamins D and E intakes, mean (SD)

Cohort of 2007

n = 374

Cohort of 2017/2018

n = 486

CI 95%

p-value1

Nutrition Recommendationa

Energy, kcal (SD)

1691 (443)

1630 (397)

4.29, 118.71

0.04

 

 females

1653 (409)

1584 (393)

9.16, 129,13

0.02

 

 males

1870 (545)

1809 (363)

−90.89, 212.08

0.43

 

Total fat, g (SD)

59 (21)

64 (20)

−7.80, −2.34

<  0.001

 

 females

57 (20)

61 (20)

−7.14, −1.19

0.006

 

 males

65 (22)

73 (18)

−13.75, −1.33

0.018

 

SFA, g (SD)

24 (10)

31 (11)

−7.98, −5.20

<  0.001

 

 females

24 (10)

30 (10)

−7.40, −4.37

<  0.001

 

 males

26 (10)

35 (11)

−12.33, −5.79

<  0.001

 

TRANS FA, g (SD)

 

1.3 (0.4)

   

 females

N/A

1.2 (0.4)

   

 males

 

1.4 (0.4)

   

MUFA, g (SD)

18 (7)

19 (6)

−1.54, 0.19

0.13

 

 females

18 (7)

18 (6)

−1.50, 0.40

0.26

 

 males

21 (7)

21 (5)

−2.85, 1.27

0.45

 

PUFA, g (SD)

7 (3)

7 (3)

−0.21, 0.62

0.33

 

 females

7 (3)

7 (2)

−0.28, 0.59

0.48

 

 males

9 (4)

8 (2)

− 045, 1.75

0.25

 

N-3

 

3 (1)

   

N-6

N/A

5 (2)

   

N-6:N-3

 

1.7 (1)

   

PUFA/SFA (SD)

0.32 (0.17))

0.24 (0.14)

0.05, 0.10

< 0.001

 

 females

0.31 (0.17)

0.24 (0.09)

0.05, 0.10

< 0.001

 

 males

0.34 (0.17)

0.26 (0.26

0.12, 0.16

0.022

 

MUFA/SFA (SD)

0.78 (0.23)

0.63 (0.16)

0.12, 0.18

< 0.001

 

 females

0.78 (0.24)

0.63 (0.14)

0.12, 0.17

< 0.001

 

 males

0.81 (0.21)

0.64 (0.21)

0.11, 0.24

< 0.001

 

FAT E%

31 E%

35 E%

−0.05, −0.03

< 0.001

25–40 E%

SFA E%

13 E%

17 E%

−0.05, − 0.04

< 0.001

<  10 E%

MUFA E%

9.7 E%

10.4 E%

−0.07, − 0.04

< 0.001

10–20 E%

PUFA E%

3.8 E%

4.3 E%

−0.01, --0.04

< 0.001

5–10 E%

  1. SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence Interval, SFA Saturated fatty acids, MUFA Monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acids, E% Percentage of total energy
  2. 1Statistical significance for p-value was set to < 0.05
  3. aNordic Nutrition Recommendation 2014