Table 2 Nutrient intake according to asthma severity

Energy (kcal/d)

1684.4 (736.7–4069.3)

1501.5 (703.5–4543.7)

1559.9 (736.6–3532.6)

0.399

Carbohydrate (g/d)

205.8 (83.0–627.8)

180.9 (65.4–844.7)

195.6 (66.0–529.1)

0.089

Protein (g/d)

56.6 (24.2–108.5)

50.9 (15.2–124.4)

47.5 (20.0–120.3)

0.320

Total fat (g/d)

63.0 (13.7–134.4)

60.7 (18.0–146.6)

58.7 (23.8–153.1)

0.959

Saturated fat (g/d)

20.3 (3.1–61.4)

22.7 (5.7–53.8)

22.6 (8.8–52.5)

0.450

Monounsaturated fatty acids (g/d)

19.6 (3.7–46.9)

20.0 (4.2–58.2)

19.9 (4.6–43.9)

0.859

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (g/d)

17.6 (2.1–49.2)

14.6 (2.1–55.5)

14.0 (2.7–49.2)

0.473

Cholesterol (mg/d)

228.3 (14.8–634.7)

184.3 (14.0–718.2)

155.5 (10.7–972.0)

0.230

Fiber (g/d)

18.0 (5.0–36.4)^a

14.0 (2.8–64.0)^a

16.4 (4.8–123.1)

0.032*

Thiamine (mg/d)

0.7 (0.3–1.5)

0.6 (0.2–2.1)

0.6 (0,3–2.2)

0.056

Riboflavin (mg/d)

1.1 (0.3–4.3)

1.1 (0.3–2.7)

1.0 (0.5–3.2)

0.630

Niacin (mg/d)

7.2 (2.2–40.4)

6.2 (1.7–33.9)

6.9 (1.8–32.5)

0.159

Pyridoxin (mg/d)

1.1 (0.4–7.1)

0.9 (0.2–9.0)

0.9 (0.4–2.1)

0.093

Cobalamin (mg/d)

2.2 (0.0–62,5)

2.5 (0.0–9.0)

2.4 (0.4–8.9)

0.650

Vitamin A (µg/d)

555.3 (93.2–16883.9)

572.2 (49.2–3408.8)

511.9 (77.4–4116.5)

0.679

Vitamin C (mg/d)

69.8 (1.1–337.0)

72.7 (0.7–270.3)

76.2 (0.7–341.5)

0.971

Vitamin E (mg/d)

13.9 (2.2–38.2)

13.3 (1.7–54.4)

11.9 (2.9–46.6)

0.097

Iron (mg/d)

8.2 (4.0–19.4)^b

7.3 (2.8–21.8)^b

7.4 (3.6–59.2)

0.019*

Magnesium (mg/d)

207.6 (80.8–461.3)

180.9 (53.1–427.3)

188.6 (83.2–1005.0)

0.228

Zinc (mg/d)

7.3 (3.8–17.3)

6.7 (2.6–16.7)

6.7 (3.1–15.2)

0.591