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Table 1 Average daily energy intake, macronutrient intake, physical activity extent, and body mass index in adolescents

From: Adequacy of energy and macronutrients intake in differently active Slovenian adolescents

 

All

n = 341

Boys

n = 162

Girls

n = 179

 
 

M

5. − 95. percentile

M

5. − 95. percentile

M

5. − 95. percentile

p

Energy (kcal)

1733

937–3161

2112

1179–3562

1481

865–2541

0.000

Energy (kJ)

7256

3923–13,234

8843

4936–14,913

6201

3622–10,639

0.000

Carbohydrates (g)

236

123–434

275

154–481

207

104–353

0.000

Carbohydrates (%)

54

43–65

54

43–65

56

45–65

0.001

Proteins (g)

68

31–134

84

46–150

54

28–91

0.000

Fats (g)

54

25–118

69

31–135

49

22–91

0.000

Fats (%)

29

20–39

29

20–40

29

19–39

0.30

DEEPA (kcal/kg·day)

7.7

1.6–1.3

9.5

2.2–18.0

6.2

1.3–16.3

0.000

DEEPA LPA (n = 55)

2.3

0.0–3.4

2.3

0.0–3.4

2.3

0.1–3.3

0.50

DEEPA MPA (n = 224)

7.6

3.9–12.9

8.9

3.9–13.0

6.8

3.8–12.6

0.002

DEEPA VPA (n = 56)

9.5

13.3–23.6

15.4

13.3–26.1

16.4

14.4–21.3

0.13

BMI (kg/m2)

20.7

17.3–27.7

20.7

17.3–26.7

20.8

17.3–28.4

0.55

underweight (n = 13)

16.9

14.8 - NA

16.8

16.8 - NA

16.8

14.8 - NA

0.41

normal weight (n = 259)

20.3

17.8–23.4

20.2

17.6–23.1

20.4

17.8–23.6

0.31

overweight (n = 55)

25.6

23.6–28.4

24.7

23.4–27.4

26.1

23.7–28.5

0.03

obese (n = 11)

31.6

28.4 - NA

33.2

31.6 - NA

30.8

28.4 - NA

0.32

  1. n, number of participants; M, median; NA, not available due to small sample; g, gram; kcal, kilocalorie; kJ, kilojoule; DEEPA, average daily energy expenditure for physical activity; LPA, less physically active; MPA, moderately physically active; VPA, vigorously physically active; BMI, body mass index; significance results obtained with Mann-Whitney U-test for two independent samples between boys and girls are presented with exact p-values