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Table 5 Comparison of energy and macronutrient intakes as a percentage of Dietary Reference Intakes of women in different socioeconomic groups

From: Predictors of overweight and obesity in adult women in Nairobi Province, Kenya

 

Lower

Upper-lower

Middle

Lower-upper

Upper

Total

Chi-square p values

Energy% DRI

115.3a

116.5 a

113.2a

129.5 a

113.9 a

117.9

0.430

50.1

44.3

56.9

63.1

66.7

55.4

 

Protein% DRI

160.3

153.7 a

177.6 a

206.7

208.9

177.8

0.034d

SD

99.8

66.3

94.4

104.6

259.3

123.2

 

Fat% DRI

73.1 a

80.9 a

89.2 a

93.8 a

77.2 a

83.1

0.13

SD

37.5

65.7

49.3

53.2

46.4

52.0

 

CHO% DRI

99.8 a

101.5 a

91.3 a

88.0 a

71.4

92.7

0.016 d

SD

44.3

41.2

56.9

44.1

48.9

47.9

 

Fibre% DRI

150.7 a

146.3 a

116.1 a

104.2

82.5

124.6

<0.001f

SD

74.1

76.8

115.2

103.2

76.9

94.5

 

PUFA% DRI

137.4 a

166.0 a

179.5

171.8

123.5 a

159.1

0.078

SD

102.6

119.3

112.9

159.3

94.5

122.5

 

Cholesterol DRI

152.2 a

147.9 a

185.2

219.4

97.1 a

166.7

0.011d

SD

166.9

146.0

185.0

223.6

165.9

182.7

 

Alcohol mean (g) SD

1.8 a

0.7 a

1.1 a

45.3

78.2

18.8

<0.001f

 

11.9

6.2

9.2

127.2

239.8

101.6

 
  1. DRI = Dietary Reference Intakes SD = standard deviation; CHO = carbohydrate.
  2. a,b,c Significant differences between means if letter is not the same (Bonferroni test); d Significant difference p <0.05; f Significant difference p <0.001.