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Table 3 Percentage of adolescents, who met/did not meet reference values (RV) for daily energy and nutrient intake

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

 

Boys

(n = 162)

 

Girls

(n = 179)*

  
 

Met

RV

Did not

meet RV

 

Met

RV

Did not

meet RV

 

p

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Energy

20

12.3

142

87.7

 

15

8.5

161

91.5

 

0.17

Carbohydrates

114

70.4

48

29.6

 

142

79.3

37

20.7

 

0.06

Proteins

134

82.7

28

17.3

 

120

67.0

59

33.0

 

0.001

Fats

75

46.3

87

53.7

 

75

41.9

104

58.1

 

0.41

  1. n, number of subjects; *, number of girls for energy intake is 176 due to missing data for physical activity; RV, reference values; significance results obtained with Pearson’s chi-square test between the percentage of boys and girls, who met or did not meet RV for daily energy and macronutrient intake, are presented with exact p-values