Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics by country and nutritional variables by gender; adults (n 147) aged 21–74 years from the Southern Cone of Latin America (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay), September 2010 to February 2011
| Argentina (n 49) | Chile (n 51) | Uruguay (n 47) | Overall (n 147) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | ||
| Age (years) | 47·3 | 14·0 | 41·7 | 13·6 | 48·0 | 15·5 | 45·4 | 14·6 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26·0 | 3·8 | 27·4 | 4·6 | 27·2 | 5·6 | 26·9 | 4·7 | ||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Female | 26 | 53·1 | 33 | 64·7 | 36 | 76·6 | 95 | 64·6 | ||
| Male | 23 | 46·9 | 18 | 35·3 | 11 | 23·4 | 52 | 35·4 | ||
| Education | ||||||||||
| Primary | 10 | 20·4 | 12 | 23·5 | 30 | 63·8 | 52 | 35·4 | ||
| Secondary school | 28 | 55·1 | 13 | 25·5 | 13 | 26·7 | 53 | 36·0 | ||
| University/technical school/tertiary | 12 | 24·5 | 26 | 51·0 | 4 | 8·5 | 42 | 28·6 | ||
| Female | Male | |||||||||
| Nutritional variable | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | ||||||
| Energy (kJ/d) | 6445·0 | 2016·7 | 8970·1 | 2520·4 | ||||||
| Protein (g/d) | 62·0 | 19·6 | 90·7 | 27·7 | ||||||
| Carbohydrate (g/d) | 198·5 | 76·3 | 246·0 | 87·2 | ||||||
| Total fat (g/d) | 54·6 | 21·1 | 77·9 | 27·2 | ||||||
| SFA (g/d) | 19·7 | 9·4 | 31·1 | 14·4 | ||||||
| MUFA (g/d) | 20·9 | 9·6 | 32·1 | 15·2 | ||||||
| PUFA (g/d) | 12·2 | 6·8 | 17·9 | 6·8 | ||||||
| Cholesterol (mg/d) | 220·3 | 96·6 | 303·9 | 103·7 | ||||||
| Dietary fibre (g/d) | 12·2 | 5·9 | 15·8 | 6·9 | ||||||
| Ca (mg/d) | 496·6 | 245·0 | 636·4 | 259·6 | ||||||
| P (mg/d) | 1026·0 | 301·0 | 1378·9 | 330·8 | ||||||
| Fe (mg/d) | 13·1 | 5·1 | 17·5 | 6·5 | ||||||
| Zn (mg/d) | 8·1 | 3·8 | 11·9 | 7·2 | ||||||
| K (mg/d) | 1964·6 | 634·5 | 2544·0 | 851·0 | ||||||
| Na (mg/d) | 1251·5 | 611·5 | 2004·3 | 1003·0 | ||||||
| Vitamin C (mg/d) | 57·9 | 36·8 | 69·4 | 48·1 | ||||||
| Thiamin (mg/d) | 1·9 | 0·7 | 2·5 | 0·7 | ||||||
| Riboflavin (mg/d) | 1·8 | 0·9 | 2·2 | 0·8 | ||||||
| Niacin (mg/d) | 9·6 | 4·6 | 14·3 | 5·7 | ||||||
| Vitain B12 (μg/d) | 3·2 | 1·9 | 4·3 | 2·3 | ||||||
| Retinol (μg/d) | 462·3 | 248·9 | 543·8 | 242·6 | ||||||
| Fruits (g/d) | 142·6 | 120·0 | 140·8 | 151·0 | ||||||
| Vegetables (g/d) | 182·5 | 184·0 | 243·0 | 124·0 | ||||||