Table 1.
Median reported intake of whole grains within the 2011–13 Australian Health Survey by age group and sex
| n | Median whole grain intake (g/d) | Median whole grain intake (g/10 MJ per d) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | Male | Female | Total | Male | IQR | Female | IQR | All | IQR | Male | IQR | Female | IQR | All | IQR |
| 2–3 | 228 | 236 | 464 | 21·4 | 0·2–45·0 | 16·5 | 1·1–38·9 | 19·1 | 0·4–40·7 | 37·0 | 0·3–80·0 | 32·3 | 1·6–72·2 | 34·7 | 0·9–76·6 |
| 4–8 | 397 | 392 | 789 | 26·8 | 0·6–52·5 | 18·2 | 0·1–42·6 | 21·2 | 0·5–48·7 | 34·5 | 0·9–75·6 | 30·4 | 0·2–70·3 | 31·6 | 0·7–72·5 |
| 9–13 | 392 | 395 | 787 | 16·6 | 0·0–49·4 | 12·4 | 0·0–37·7 | 13·5 | 0·0–43·2 | 20·4 | 0·0–56·2 | 15·9 | 0·0–52·0 | 16·9 | 0·0–54·5 |
| 14–18 | 403 | 369 | 772 | 8·6 | 0·0–49·4 | 8·9 | 0·0–40·7 | 8·7 | 0·0–43·8 | 8·8 | 0·0–49·2 | 10·5 | 0·0–51·2 | 9·4 | 0·0–50·6 |
| 19–30 | 739 | 853 | 1592 | 12·9 | 0·0–51·0 | 12·9 | 0·0–39·6 | 12·8 | 0·0–43·9 | 12·8 | 0·0–46·3 | 17·1 | 0·0–55·5 | 14·8 | 0·0–51·9 |
| 31–50 | 1669 | 1896 | 3565 | 19·4 | 0·0–58·3 | 16·9 | 0·0–41·4 | 17·5 | 0·0–49·5 | 20·3 | 0·0–59·6 | 22·4 | 0·0–60·0 | 21·3 | 0·0–59·6 |
| 51–70 | 1341 | 1565 | 2906 | 30·0 | 0·0–64·8 | 22·8 | 0·9–50·5 | 25·2 | 0·0–56·0 | 33·4 | 0·0–74·8 | 33·9 | 1·5–72·2 | 33·7 | 0·0–73·0 |
| ≥71 | 533 | 745 | 1278 | 35·9 | 10·6–66·0 | 33·0 | 11·3–55·9 | 33·7 | 48·9 | 47·1 | 12·3–84·5 | 49·7 | 18·7–88·8 | 48·7 | 15·3–86·6 |
| Total children* | 1420 | 1392 | 2812 | 19·1 | 0·0–49·5 | 14·6 | 0·0–39·9 | 16·5 | 0·0–43·8 | 24·2 | 0·0–64·1 | 22·0 | 0·0–60·2 | 22·7 | 0·0–61·9 |
| Total adults† | 4281 | 5059 | 9340 | 22·8 | 0·0–60·5 | 21·2 | 0·0–46·8 | 21·2 | 0·0–53·0 | 25·8 | 0·0–66·5 | 29·7 | 0·0–68·4 | 28·0 | 0·0–67·5 |
| Whole population | 5701 | 6452 | 12 153 | 21·9 | 0·0–57·7 | 19·8 | 0·0–45·2 | 19·8 | 0·0–50·9 | 25·5 | 0·0–66·0 | 27·8 | 0·0–66·7 | 25·2 | 0·0–64·1 |
IQR, interquartile range.
*
Children defined as 2–18 years.
†
Adults defined as ≥19 years.