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. 2014 Nov 11;18(11):2011–2021. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014002481

Table 3.

Intakes of fruits, vegetables, fish and whole grains according to meal type in men and women; total intakes and intakes according to adherence to the Norwegian food based dietary guidelines (FBDG), Norkost 3 study, 2010–2011 (n 1787)

Men Women
All men Meeting FBDG Not meeting FBDG All women Meeting FBDG Not meeting FBDG
Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI P Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI P
Fruits§ (g/meal) (n 862) (n 271) (n 591) (n 925) (n 348) (n 577)
Breakfast 37 33, 41 63 54, 72 25 22, 29 <0·001 42 38, 45 63 56, 70 29 25, 32 <0·001
Lunch 26 22, 29 40 33, 47 19 16, 22 <0·001 29 26, 32 50 43, 57 16 14, 19 <0·001
Dinner 12 10, 14 25 19, 31 6 4, 7 <0·001 14 12, 16 21 17, 25 10 8, 12 <0·001
Supper/evening meal 20 17, 23 44 36, 52 9 6, 11 <0·001 22 19, 25 39 32, 46 12 9, 14 <0·001
Snack|| 100 91, 108 214 198, 229 47 43, 52 <0·001 113 106, 120 203 190, 216 59 54, 64 <0·001
Vegetables (g/meal) (n 862) (n 148) (n 714) (n 925) (n 129) (n 796)
Breakfast 8 7, 9 22 16, 28 5 4, 6 <0·001 9 8, 10 23 16, 30 7 6, 8 <0·001
Lunch 24 21, 27 52 41, 64 18 16, 20 <0·001 26 23, 29 65 51, 78 20 18, 22 <0·001
Dinner|| 109 104, 115 220 205, 235 86 82, 90 <0·001 107 102, 111 210 193, 226 90 86, 94 <0·001
Supper/evening meal 9 7, 11 19 12, 26 7 6, 9 0·002 7 6, 8 17 12, 22 6 5, 7 <0·001
Snack 7 5, 9 22 14, 31 4 3, 5 <0·001 9 7, 11 28 20, 37 6 5, 7 <0·001
Fish†† (g/meal) (n 862) (n 165) (n 697) (n 925) (n 156) (n 769)
Breakfast 4 4, 5 14 10, 18 2 2, 3 <0·001 3 2, 4 10 6, 13 2 1, 2 <0·001
Lunch 7 6, 8 24 18, 29 3 2, 4 <0·001 4 3, 5 12 9, 16 3 2, 3 <0·001
Dinner|| 36 32, 40 72 61, 83 28 23, 32 <0·001 26 24, 29 73 65, 81 17 14, 19 <0·001
Supper/evening meal 3 2, 4 7 4, 11 2 1, 3 0·002 2 1, 2 6 3, 8 1 1, 1 0·001
Snack 1 1, 1 3 1, 5 0 0, 1 0·005 1 1, 1 3 1, 5 0 0, 1 0·004
Whole grains‡‡ (g/meal) (n 862) (n 330) (n 532) (n 925) (n 363) (n 562)
Breakfast|| 33 31, 35 53 49, 56 21 19, 22 <0·001 23 22, 24 35 32, 37 16 15, 17 <0·001
Lunch 19 18, 21 32 29, 35 11 10, 12 <0·001 14 14, 15 23 22, 25 9 8, 9 <0·001
Dinner 4 4, 5 7 6, 9 3 2, 3 <0·001 4 3, 5 7 6, 8 2 2, 2 <0·001
Supper/evening meal 12 11, 13 22 19, 24 6 5, 7 <0·001 8 7, 8 13 12, 15 4 4, 5 <0·001
Snack 5 4, 6 9 7, 11 3 2, 4 <0·001 5 4, 5 8 7, 9 3 2, 3 <0·001

Significance level set to P<0·003 due to multiple testing.

Mean intakes and bootstrap 95 % CI based on two 24 h recalls.

Linear regression with bootstrap, comparison of meal-to-meal intake of each food group for participants meeting the FBGD and participants not meeting the FBDG for each food group separately.

§

Dietary guideline=minimum 250 g fruits/d (including maximum 100 g fruit juice).

||

Main contributing meal; intake of the food group in question from this meal is significantly higher than from each of the other meals (all P<0·001), linear regression with bootstrap.

Dietary guideline=minimum 250 g vegetables/d (including maximum 100 g vegetable juice).

††

Dietary guideline=minimum 43 g fish/d including minimum 29 g oily fish/d.

‡‡

Dietary guideline=minimum 75 g whole grains/10 MJ.