Poor food and nutrient intake among Indigenous and non-Indigenous rural Australian children

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Mean percent (95%) contribution of macronutrients to energy

Macronutrient	Boys (n = 93)			Girls (n = 122)
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (n = 34) %	Non-Indigenous (n = 59) %	p-value¹	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (n = 48) %	Non-Indigenous (n = 74) %	p-value¹
Protein	15.3	16.2	0.16	14.1	15.2	0.09
	(14.4-16.3)	(15.3-17.1)		(13.3-15.0)	(14.4-15.9)
Fat	33.8	34.6	0.44	34.5	34.7	0.86
	(32.4-35.3)	(33.1-36.1)		(33.4-35.6)	(33.2-36.1)
Saturated fatty acids	14.9	15.2	0.47	15.2	15.3	0.83
	(14.3-15.5)	(14.5-15.8)		(14.6-15.8)	(14.6-15.9)
Monounsaturated fat	12.1	12.2	0.80	12.1	12.2	0.78
	(11.2-12.9)	(11.5-12.9)		(11.6-12.7)	(11.7-12.7)
Polyunsaturated fat	4.2	4.5	0.27	4.5	4.5	0.77
	(3.9-4.5)	(4.1-4.8)		(4.0-5.1)	(4.1-4.8)
Carbohydrate	50.2	48.6	0.13	51	49.6	0.18
	(48.6-51.8)	(47.1-51.8)		(49.2-52.8)	(48.1-51.2)
Sugars	23.8	22.9	0.23	25.4	24.6	0.56
	(22.8-24.7)	(22.0-23.9)		(22.8-27.9)	(23.0-26.3)
Starch	24.7	24.1	0.45	23.9	23.3	0.50
	(23.5-26.0)	(23.0-25.1)		(22.1-25.7)	(22.5-24.0)

¹ Wald test from linear regression model including age and gender and adjusting for clustering of children within schools.

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