Table 2 Proportion of carbohydrate intakes among T2DM patient
From: Pattern of macronutrients intake among type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in Malaysia
|  | Male# (N = 755) | Female# (N = 964) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dietary intake (% from TEI) | Newly diagnosed | Diagnosed ≤5 years | Diagnosed > 5 years | p-value | Newly diagnosed | Diagnosed ≤5 years | Diagnosed > 5 years | p-value |
Carbohydrate intake | Â | Â | Â | 0.001* | Â | Â | Â | 0.432 |
  < 50 | 49 (19.4) | 131 (51.8) | 73 (28.9) |  | 60 (20.0) | 160 (53.3) | 80 (26.7) |  |
 50–65 | 83 (18.1) | 239 (52.2) | 136 (29.7) |  | 117 (19.9) | 306 (52.0) | 165 (28.1) |  |
  > 65 | 20 (45.5) | 16 (36.4) | 8 (18.2) |  | 22 (28.9) | 34 (44.7) | 20 (26.3) |  |
Protein intake | Â | Â | Â | 0.012* | Â | Â | Â | 0.352 |
  < 10 | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) |  | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | 0 (0.0) |  |
 10–20 | 123 (19.9) | 320 (51.8) | 175 (28.3) |  | 165 (21.0) | 408 (51.8) | 214 (27.2) |  |
  > 20 | 24 (18.5) | 64 (49.2) | 42 (32.3) |  | 31 (18.3) | 87 (51.5) | 51 (30.2) |  |
Fat intake | Â | Â | Â | 0.411 | Â | Â | Â | 0.290 |
  < 25 | 40 (25.2) | 72 (45.3) | 47 (29.6) |  | 49 (22.9) | 105 (49.1) | 60 (28.0) |  |
 25–30 | 48 (18.5) | 136 (52.5) | 75 (29.0) |  | 58 (17.8) | 168 (51.5) | 100 (30.7) |  |
  > 30 | 64 (19.0) | 178 (52.8) | 95 (28.2) |  | 92 (21.7) | 227 (53.5) | 105 (24.8) |  |