Nutritional status and dietary intake of urban residents in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Comparison of mean food intake (g/day) of women and men in Gondar, Ethiopia, 2005

Food	Women	Men	Difference between
	(n = 255)	(n = 101)	men and women	p-value
Meat	^a 3.39 ± 1.50	2.72 ± 1.65	0.67839	0.000
Eggs	2.47 ± 1.78	2.18 ± 1.64	0.28888	NS
Fish	0.33 ± 0.75	0.13 ± 0.49	0.19732	0.004
Oil and butter	5.52 ± 1.36	5.64 ± 1.21	−0.12436	NS
Vegetables	2.82 ± 1.56	2.76 ± 1.58	0.06100	NS
Fruits	2.22 ± 1.85	1.76 ± 1.64	0.45312	0.024
Sweets	1.84 ± 2.21	1.16 ± 1.83	0.68472	0.003
Milk and yogurt	3.60 ± 2.18	2.42 ± 2.11	1.18435	0.000

^aResults are expressed as the mean ± SD of the participants consuming different frequencies of each food items in the study period. NS: not significant.

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