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Table 4 Percentage of differently active adolescents, who met or did not meet reference value (RV) for daily energy and nutrient intake

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

 

Boys

(n = 162)

Girls

(n = 176)

 

Met

RV

Did not meet RV

p

Met

RV

Did not meet

RV

p

RV

(2016)

 

n

%

n

%

 

n

%

n

%

  

Energy

  

0.32

  

0.31

boys/girls (kcal)

LPA

4

21.1

15

78.9

5

13.9

31

86.1

2300/2000

MPA

10

9.7

93

90.3

8

6.5

116

93.5

2600/2300

VPA

6

15.0

34

85

2

12.5

14

87.5

3000/2600

Carbohydrates

  

0.75

  

0.89

> 50% of energy from carbohydrates

LPA

12

63.2

7

36.8

28

77.8

8

22.2

MPA

73

70.9

30

29.1

99

79.8

25

20.2

VPA

29

72.5

11

27.5

12

75.0

4

25.0

Proteins

  

0.07

  

0.55

boys / girls

(g protein/day)

64 / 48 g

LPA

13

68.4

6

31.6

27

75.0

9

25.0

MPA

84

81.6

19

18.4

82

66.1

42

33.9

VPA

37

92.5

3

7.5

10

62.5

6

37.5

Fats

  

0.05

  

0.62

30% of energy from fat

LPA

13

68.4

6

31.6

13

36.1

23

63.9

MPA

41

39.8

62

60.2

53

42.7

71

57.3

VPA

21

52.5

19

47.5

8

50.0

8

50.0

  1. n, number of subjects; LPA, less physically active; MPA, moderately physically active; VPA, vigorously physically active adolescents; significance results obtained with Pearson’s chi-square test between differently physically active adolescents are presented with exact p-values (p < 0.008 due to multiple comparisons in 3 × 2 contingency table (Bonferroni correction))