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

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Percent (%)² of participants with mean daily intake of dietary fibre, calcium, potassium and sodium less than Adequate Intake³ or greater than the Upper Limit⁴ (n = 215)¹

Nutrient		Australian Nutrient Reference Values (9-13 years)		Indigenous status
		Boys	Girls	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (n = 82) %	Non-Indigenous (n = 133) %	x² p-value
Dietary fibre³		24 g	20 g	77	79	0.74
Calcium	9-11 yrs⁵	800 mg		65	60	0.54
	12-13 yrs⁶	1050 mg		86	80	0.67
Potassium³		3000 mg	2500 mg	62	66	0.43
Sodium⁴		2000 mg		74	70	0.56

¹ See Additional File 2 [Table S2] for complete table; ² Adjusted for clustering within schools; ³ Fibre and Potassium less than Adequate Intake; ⁴ Sodium greater than the Upper Limit; ⁵ n = 166; 6 n = 49.

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