Table 4 Percentage of preschool children with percent of energy from macronutrients meeting or exceeding the 2006 RDA by gender
From: Energy and macronutrient intakes in preschool children in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Energy intake and nutrients | Total (n = 670) | Boys (n = 333) | Girls (n = 337) | p-value1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||
Energy (kcal) meeting RDA | 31.7 | 27.5, 36.3 | 29.3 | 24.7, 34.4 | 34.1 | 28.6, 40.1 | 0.186 |
Energy (kcal) exceeding RDA | 58.3 | 54.6, 62.0 | 62.5 | 57.3, 67.5 | 54.2 | 49.4, 58.9 | 0.037 |
% energy from protein meeting RDA | 1.9 | 0.9, 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.1, 6.6 | 1.0 | 0.4, 2.7 | 0.236 |
% energy from protein exceeding RDA | 98.1 | 96.2, 99.1 | 97.3 | 93.4, 98.9 | 99.0 | 97.3, 99.6 | 0.236 |
% energy from animal protein exceeding RDA | 100.0 | _ | 100.0 | _ | 100.0 | _ | _ |
% energy from fat meeting RDA | 86.0 | 81.4, 89.7 | 85.2 | 80.2, 89.1 | 86.8 | 80.5, 91.4 | 0.594 |
% energy from fat exceeding RDA | 12.7 | 8.9, 18.0 | 12.6 | 7.8, 19.8 | 12.9 | 8.2, 19.6 | 0.950 |
% energy from animal fat exceeding RDA | 100.0 | _ | 100.0 | _ | 100.0 | _ | _ |
% energy from carbohydrate meeting RDA | 52.9 | 46.7, 59.1 | 51.5 | 44.2, 58.7 | 54.3 | 45.2, 63.1 | 0.649 |
% energy from carbohydrate exceeding RDA | 0.6 | 0.2, 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.1, 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.1, 1.6 | 0.990 |
% energy from free sugar exceeding recommendation2 | 5.3 | 3.6, 7.8 | 5.5 | 3.6, 8.3 | 5.2 | 2.7, 9.5 | 0.592 |