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. 2019 Sep 30;23(6):1031–1040. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019002465

Table 3.

Energy intake, predicted basal metabolic rate and nutrient intake, weighted for the Portuguese population distribution, by total and misreporting categories

Total Under-reporters Plausible reporters
Sample (n) 3639 1036 2551
Estimated population (N) 8 637 392 2 272 728 6 245 452
Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Cohen’s d *
EI
(kJ/d)
8230 740·5 5347 339·9 9083 618·6 0·28
pBMR
(kJ/d)
6460 252·6 6602 260·4 6410 248·4 0·05
rEI:pBMR 1·27 0·44 0·81 0·17 1·42 0·33 0·32
Protein
(g/d)
86·1 35·71 60·5 22·08 93·9 33·07 0·22
Protein
(%TEI)
17·7 4·20 18·9 4·75 17·4 3·90 0·07
Total carbohydrate
(g/d)
230·3 90·54 156·6 49·46 252·4 81·50 0·24
Total carbohydrate
(%TEI)
47·6 9·66 49·3 10·12 46·9 9·40 0·07
Fibre
(g/d)
18·4 7·50 13·7 5·09 19·8 7·09 0·19
Fibre density
g/1000kJ
2·32 0·77 2·63 0·87 2·22 0·70 0·12
Total fat
(g/d)
68·4 34·07 40·8 16·05 76·5 30·09 0·24
Total fat
(%TEI)
30·8 7·47 28·6 7·38 31·5 7·33 0·09
Alcohol
(g/d)
11·4 20·04 5·4 10·96 13·2 21·34 0·09
Alcohol
(%TEI)
3·7 6·13 2·7 5·39 4·0 6·35 0·05
Sodium
(mg/d)
3098 1360·5 2092 768·6 3402 1269·3 0·22
Sodium density
(mg/kJ)
6·65 1·607 6·86 1·703 6·57 1·569 0·05
Calcium
(mg/d)
763 369 581·1 285 820 368·7 0·15
Calcium density
(mg/kJ)
1·72 0·841 1·97 0·950 1·63 0·787 0·10
Vitamin A
(µg/d)
851 1278·2 672 847·5 908 1403·7 0·04
Vitamin A density
(μg/kJ)
1·97 3·305 2·30 3·075 1·84 2·987 0·04
Folate
(µg/d)
251 229·3 191 170·6 268 243·0 0·07
Folate density
(μg/kJ)
0·54 0·607 0·63 0·611 0·54 0·607 0·00

rEI: reported energy intake; pBMR: predicted basal metabolic rate; %TEI: percentage of total energy intake.

*

Cohen’s d quantifies the effect of misreporter exclusion on energy and nutrients estimation.