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Table 3 Number and percentage of infants eating selected foods and food groups, and relative daily intake (g/d)

From: Patterns of nutrients’ intake at six months in the northeast of Italy: a cohort study

Food group

n

Daily intake (g/d)

Energy intake (%)

All infants (n = 268)

ABF (n = 188)

NBF (n = 80)

All infants (n = 268)

Median (IQR)

n (%)

Median (IQR)

n (%)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Cereals

193

17.8 (8–33)

128 (68)a

17 (8–27)

65 (81)a

24 (9–40)

11 (5–17)

Milk, milk products

268

547 (438–693)

188 (100)

508 (429–643)a

80 (100)

584 (487–719)a

65 (50–85)b

Vegetables

181

76 (38–137)

127 (68)

73 (37–133)

54 (68)

80 (40–142)

4 (2–7)

Fruits

232

75 (37–122)

161 (86)

69 (30–116)a

71 (89)

93 (48–142)a

8 (4–13)

Spices, salt

14

1 (1–2)

11 (6)

2 (1–2)

3 (4)

1 (1–4)

0 (0–0)

Fish

26

17 (13–33)

17 (9)

17 (13–27)

9 (11)

13 (13–33)

2 (1–4)

Meat

140

26 (10–38)

89 (47)a

20 (10–35)

51 (64)a

27 (10–40)

3.5 (2–6)

Fat, oil

172

3 (2–6)

121 (64)

4 (2–6)

51 (64)

3 (2–7)

5 (4–9)b

Sweets, desserts

113

13 (7–37)

62 (33)a

11 (5–24)a

51 (64)a

21 (8–58)a

7 (4–12)b

Tubers

73

32 (14–49)

47 (25)

32 (17–53)

26 (33)

31 (10–49)

4 (2–6)

Broth

120

75 (33–133)

81 (44)

71 (27–124)

38 (48)

95 (46–147)

0.4 (0–1)

Sweet drinks

19

42 (17–100)

13 (7)

30 (17–77)

6 (8)

51 (33–130)

4 (2–8)

Pulses

11

24 (8–50)

5 (3)

13 (8–17)

6 (8)

42 (24–53)

2 (2–12)

Cured meat

14

13 (7–17)

8 (4)

13 (7–15)

6 (8)

13 (10–17)

2 (1–4)

  1. ap < 0.05 for differences in percentage of infants or daily intakes between ABF and NBF.
  2. bp < 0.05 for differences in percentage of energy intakes between ABF and NBF.