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Table 5.

Mean daily intake of each food group and associated greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) across tertiles of low, moderate and high emitters for the nationally representative sample of Irish adults excluding energy misreporters (n 960)

	Food intake (g)						GHGE (g CO₂eq/g)
	Low (n 320)		Moderate (n 321)		High (n 319)		Low (n 320)		Moderate (n 321)		High (n 319)
	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd
Total	2601^a	743	2944^b	856	3471^c	1069	4676^a	1074	6262^b	1295	8667^c	2348
Starchy staples	373	159	388	142	399	141	600^a	214	650^b	232	690^b	232
Dairy	262^a	179	284^a,b	197	323^b	249	659^a	401	724^a,b	465	815^b	542
Vegetables	77	61	83	70	80	63	70	71	70	80	73	82
Fruit	114^a	123	114^a	124	87^b	102	80^a	81	84^a	93	61^b	71
Legumes/pulses/nuts	28	33	30	34	29	37	48	55	52	57	48	61
Red meat	17^a	21	41^b	31	84^c	46	598^a	732	1410^b	1070	2934^c	1619
Eggs/poultry/pork	83	54	88	53	85	59	571	382	597	366	582	401
Fish	24	32	29	37	27	41	226	301	269	352	251	382
Processed meat	26^a	37	31^a	38	41^b	45	241^a	344	289^a	358	378^b	423
Savoury snacks	36^a	50	44^a,b	63	51^b,c	69	182^a	271	222^a,b	334	258^b	374
High sugar snacks	99^a	65	103^a	79	81^b	59	278^a	185	292^a	227	231^b	174
Fats/oils	20^a	15	22^a,b	17	24^b	18	274	310	272	324	296	323
Carbonated beverages	52^a	102	101^b	173	172^c	235	105^a	205	201^b	347	344^c	471
Other beverages	1198	614	1222	654	1283	704	333^a	262	410^b	328	465^b	361
Alcoholic beverages	140^a	252	295^b	445	632^c	859	211^a	378	443^b	668	948^c	1289
Miscellaneous	51^a	57	71^b	75	75^b	73	201^a	223	277^b	291	293^b	286

CO₂eq, CO₂ equivalents.

^a,b.cMean values within a row (across food intake or GHGE tertiles) with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05).