Adequacy of energy and macronutrients intake in differently active Slovenian adolescents

BMC Nutrition

Table 2 Body mass index, energy, and macronutrients intake in differently physically active adolescents. n, number of subjects; LPA, less physically active; MPA, moderately physically active; VPA, vigorously physically active adolescents; BMI, body mass index; M, median; significance results obtained with Kruskal-Wallis test between differently physically active adolescents are presented with exact p-values

	BMI (kg/m²)			Energy (kcal)			Carbohydrates (g)			Proteins (g)			Fats (g)
	M	5. − 95. percentile	p	M	5. − 95. percentile	p	M	5. − 95. percentile	p	M	5. − 95. percentile	p	M	5. − 95. percentile	p
All; n = 338
LPA (n = 55)	20.5	17.0–35.0	0.12	1654	1007–3017	0.000	236	123–370	0.002	60	34–96	0.000	53	29–109	0.01
MPA (n = 224)	20.9	17.5–27.6		1686	909–3022		230	121–421		67	31–127		53	25–109
VPA (n = 56)	20.5	17.2–26.9		2110	1023–4142		277	122–553		83	23–165		69	24–142
Boys; n = 162
LPA (n = 19)	20.4	16.8–24.6	0.40	2105	1111–3169	0.02	276	137–408	0.03	73	46–98	0.002	70	312 − 114	0.02
MPA (n = 100)	21.0	17.3–26.7		2052	1117–3222		262	140–476		81	45–135		66	30–127
VPA (n = 40)	20.5	17.3–27.0		2382	1332–4517		304	196–633		91	41–183		83	35–151
Girls; n = 176
LPA (n = 36)	20.8	15.9–38.5	0.47	1498	936–2468	0.91	212	104–352	0.83	55	27–91	0.96	47	29–86	0.90
MPA (n = 124)	20.9	17.4–28.3		1470	873–2588		204	112–347		55	28–93		49	22–92
VPA (n = 16)	20.4	15.9–25.3		1589	638–2804		214	89–376		55	19–93		51	22–105

n, number of subjects; LPA, less physically active; MPA, moderately physically active; VPA, vigorously physically active adolescents; BMI, body mass index; M, median; significance results obtained with Kruskal-Wallis test between differently physically active adolescents are presented with exact p-values

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