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Table 3 Dietary intake of participants (primary school girls in Kerman) in tertiles of carbohydrate intake

From: Association between quality and quantity of carbohydrate intake with selected anthropometric indices among primary school girls in Kerman city, Iran: a cross-sectional study

Tertiles of carbohydrate quantity

Variable

Tertile 1

≤ 218.7

N = 111

Tertile 2

> 218.7

< 287.1

N = 109

Tertile 3

≥287.1

N = 110

p value*

Mean ± SD

Energy (kcal/d)

Fiber (g/d)

Cholesterol (mg/d)

SFA (g/d)

MUFA (g/d)

PUFA (g/d)

1202.21 (277.84)

13.61 (0.35)

265.06 (9.25)

23.06 (0.90)

20.08 (0.45)

14.94 (0.42)

1806.88 (193.05)

14.07 (0.23)

268.38 (6.19)

21.9 (0.60)

19.82 (0.30)

14.08 (0.28)

2531.12 (460.80)

14.77 (0.37)

251.48 (9.63)

19.66 (0.94)

18.27 (0.47)

12.87 (0.44)

< 0.001

0.195

0.319

0.103

0.027

0.029

Vitamin A (µg)

Vitamin D (µg)

Vitamin E (mg)

Vitamin K (mg)

Thiamine (mg)

Riboflavin (mg)

Niacin (mg)

Vitamin B5 (mg)

Vitamin B6 (mg)

Folic acid (µg)

Vitamin B12 (µg)

Vitamin C (mg)

589.61 (65.19)

1.12 (0.14)

12.42 (0.40)

173.37 (6.63)

1.61 (0.03)

1.41 (0.04)

16.24 (0.27)

5.06 (0.10)

1.45 (0.05)

218.11 (6.14)

3.29 (0.11)

91.83 (6.02)

782.61 (43.61)

1.49 (0.09)

11.76 (0.27)

164.09 (4.43)

1.62 (0.02)

1.52 (0.02)

16.07 (0.18)

5.15 (0.07)

1.51 (0.03)

213.64 (4.11)

3.43 (0.07)

93.35 (4.03)

865.83 (67.83)

1.66 (0.15)

10.98 (0.42)

160.8 (6.90)

1.63 (0.03)

1.52 (0.04)

16.25 (0.28)

4.93 (0.11)

1.51 (0.05)

208.4 (6.39)

3.22 (0.12)

107.25 (6.27)

0.033

0.075

0.151

0.475

0.908

0.06

0.751

0.210

0.647

0.684

0.198

0.192

Calcium (mg)

Magnesium (mg)

Potassium (mg)

Zinc (mg)

Fe (mg)

Phosphorus (mg)

Selenium (mg)

682.55 (30.37)

214.95 (4.06)

2650.47 (59.5)

8.22 (0.16)

13.22 (0.27)

1055.05 (24.23)

0.108 (0.003)

767.34 (20.32)

222.01 (2.72)

2841.52 (39.8)

8.31 (0.11)

13.55 (0.18)

1098.76 (16.21)

0.103 (0.002)

796.60 (31.60)

218.67 (4.23)

2931.81 (61.91)

7.81 (0.17)

14.18 (0.28)

1063.23 (25.21)

0.091 (0.003)

0.053

0.246

0.016

0.047

0.129

0.130

0.003

Grains (g)

Fruits (g)

Vegetables (g)

Meat and its products (g)

Beans (g)

Nuts and seeds (g)

Dairy products (g)

Fats (g)

Added sugar beverages (g)

Chocolate and snacks (g)

97.15 (6.09)

241.77 (17.05)

270.79 (10.02)

82.55 (3.70)

39.46 (2.08)

16.66 (1.68)

330.89 (25.19)

12.30 (0.53)

69.09 (11.68)

202.73 (18.85)

113.34 (4.12)

268.15 (11.50)

273.57 (6.70)

80.17 (2.47)

36.47 (1.39)

14.96 (1.12)

411.65 (16.85)

12.81 (0.35)

81.69 (7.81)

210.95 (12.77)

148.46 (6.33)

331.23 (17.73)

286.74 (10.42)

72.48 (3.85)

33.80 (2.17)

13.07 (1.74)

441.06 (26.21)

11.91 (0.55)

111.89 (12.16)

170.83 (19.69)

< 0.001

0.009

0.579

0.244

0.321

0.499

0.021

0.267

0.098

0.216

  1. SFA = saturated fatty acids, MUFA = monounsaturated fatty acids, and PUFA = polyunsaturated fatty acids. *The p value is reported from covariance analysis, and the results are based on mean ± SD. ∗All of the variables are adjusted for energy intake. *p value < 0.05 shows a significant level of association