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Table 1 Specific nutrient intakes in males and females

From: Spinal pain and nutrition in adolescents - an exploratory cross-sectional study

 

Males

Females

Gender difference

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t, df

p

omega 3 - g/day

1.39

0.69

1.19

0.59

5.9, 1420

<0.001

omega 6 - g/day

12.43

6.51

10.80

5.71

5.0, 1420

<0.001

long chain n3 acids

0.27

0.13

0.23

0.13

5.2, 1420

<0.001

omega 3 fatty acid:2n6 (g)

12.13

6.47

10.54

5.68

4.9, 1420

<0.001

omega 3 fatty acid:2n6 (g)

0.02

0.01

0.02

0.01

6.4, 1420

<0.001

omega 3 fatty acid:3n3 (g)

1.12

0.63

0.93

0.51

5.9, 1420

<0.001

omega 3 fatty acid:3n6 (g)

0.04

0.02

0.03

0.02

6.3, 1420

<0.001

Arachidonic (g)

0.19

0.08

0.16

0.08

6.9, 1420

<0.001

omega 3 fatty acid:4n6 (g)

0.02

0.01

0.02

0.01

7.1, 1420

<0.001

eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) (g)

0.08

0.04

0.07

0.04

5.6, 1420

<0.001

omega 3 fatty acid:5n6 (g)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.7, 1420

0.462

docosapentanoic acid (DPA) (g)

0.11

0.05

0.09

0.05

6.3, 1420

<0.001

docosahexanoic acid (DHA) (g)

0.08

0.06

0.07

0.06

2.2, 1420

0.030

water (g)

2,477

849

2,255

810

5.0, 1420

<0.001

total sugar (g)

169.17

64.22

145.99

64.05

6.8, 1420

<0.001

complex CHO (g)

128.54

44.70

105.32

36.47

10.7, 1420

<0.001

fibre (g)

25.01

9.78

23.09

8.81

3.9, 1420

<0.001

nitrogen (g)

16.97

5.04

14.09

4.74

11.1, 1420

<0.001

Kcalories

2,525

764

2,115

728

10.3, 1420

<0.001

Kjoules

10,519

3,186

8,813

3,034

10.3, 1420

<0.001

protein (g)

104.96

31.40

86.99

29.38

11.1, 1420

<0.001

total fat (g)

99.82

35.32

83.48

32.79

9.0, 1420

<0.001

total carbohydrate (g)

300.13

96.02

253.17

91.92

9.4, 1420

<0.001

sodium (mg)

3,607

1,147

3,041

1,086

9.5, 1420

<0.001

potassium (mg)

4,000

1,345

3,497

1,262

7.3, 1420

<0.001

calcium (mg)

1,349

597

1,042

502

10.5, 1420

<0.001

Magnesium (mg)

341.62

115.48

290.38

103.50

8.8, 1420

<0.001

phosphorous (mg)

1,823

626

1,479

553

10.9, 1420

<0.001

iron (mg)

15.07

5.05

12.62

4.29

9.8, 1420

<0.001

copper (mg)

2.05

0.66

1.81

0.63

6.9, 1420

<0.001

zinc (mg)

13.92

4.39

11.66

4.04

10.1, 1420

<0.001

retinol (ug)

582.79

521.65

450.43

501.37

4.9, 1420

<0.001

carotene (ug)

4,295

2,113

4,278

2,279

0.1, 1420

0.883

vitamin D (ug)

2.38

1.53

2.01

1.33

4.9, 1420

<0.001

thiamin (mg)

1.97

0.76

1.56

0.56

11.3, 1420

<0.001

riboflavin (mg)

2.76

1.10

2.16

0.89

11.3, 1420

<0.001

nicotinic acid (mg)

19.78

6.34

16.76

5.54

9.6, 1420

<0.001

pot.nicotinic acid (mg)

20.53

6.27

16.97

5.87

11.0, 1420

<0.001

vitamin C (mg)

186.00

108.46

190.91

119.31

-0.8, 1420

0.416

vitamin E (mg)

9.37

4.85

8.00

3.89

5.8, 1420

<0.001

vitamin b6 (mg)

1.87

0.70

1.67

0.62

5.6, 1420

<0.001

vitamin b12 (ug)

5.03

2.18

4.05

2.15

8.6, 1420

<0.001

free folate (ug)

151.90

68.26

142.81

67.14

2.5, 1420

0.011

total folate (ug)

258.49

101.71

238.50

97.63

3.8, 1420

<0.001

pantothenate (mg)

5.77

2.04

4.93

1.91

8.1, 1420

<0.001

biotin (ug)

25.27

10.15

20.44

8.79

9.6, 1420

<0.001

alcohol (g)

0.00

0.07

0.01

0.18

-0.6, 1420

0.557

cholesterol (mg)

334.35

143.14

272.22

126.77

8.6, 1420

<0.001

refined sugar (g)

80.17

41.75

69.18

41.82

5.0, 1420

<0.001

saturated fat (g)

44.40

17.53

36.24

16.04

9.2, 1420

<0.001

monounsaturated fat (g)

34.51

12.37

28.82

11.41

9.0, 1420

<0.001

polyunsaturated fat (g)

14.72

7.33

12.85

6.28

5.2, 1420

<0.001

total nicotinic acid (mg)

40.31

12.09

33.72

11.06

10.7, 1420

<0.001

total vitamin A (ug)

1,298.76

661.95

1,163.54

669.46

3.8, 1420

<0.001

natural sugars (g)

89.00

42.93

76.81

37.05

5.7, 1420

<0.001