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. 2014 Sep 25;18(8):1461–1473. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014002043

Table 2.

Daily energy and nutrient intakes in relation to the severity of eating disorder among 495 adolescents, mean age 14·2 (sd 1·0) years, Tarragona, Spain

Females Males
Controls (n 212) rED (n 121) EDNOS (n 42) Controls (n 95) rED (n 25)
Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd
Energy (kJ) 9644·5a 2946·3 7670·5b 3151·3 5660·9c 2356·4 11 480·8a 317·9 11 048·1a 4245·5
Energy (kcal) 2305·1a 704·2 1833·3b 753·2 1353·0c 563·2 2743·9a 765·0 2640·5a 1014·7
Protein (g) 88·8a 27·6 74·8b 24·5 52·8c 19·8 106·1a 30·6 104·2a 44·5
Carbohydrate (g) 249·6a 82·9 198·0b 87·9 147·4c 60·2 305·6a 102·1 292·8a 118·9
Starch (g) 131·5a 49·7 103·3b 46·7 76·5c 35·8 163·6a 57·9 165·2a 80·1
Sugars (g) 258·4a 125·9 211·0b 110·0 156·7c 76·9 298·6a 153·3 277·2a 117·1
Fibre (g) 19·5a 5·9 13·5b 5·4 9·2c 3·2 18·6a 6·2 19·9a 6·9
Lipids (g) 105·5a 38·1 82·2b 33·5 61·2c 32·4 121·8a 39·9 116·8a 44·2
SFA (g) 33·4a 13·6 25·7b 12·4 19·2c 11·7 38·8a 14·4 36·7a 14·6
MUFA (g) 47·1a 18·0 36·1b 14·1 27·0c 15·4 51·6a 18·4 51·9a 18·0
PUFA (g) 15·5a 7·7 12·8b 8·2 9·3c 5·7 20·9a 9·9 14·8b 7·3
Cholesterol (mg) 341·7a 135·1 280·1b 13636 198·0c 102·7 395·6a 164·2 339·0a 171·6
Ca (mg) 847·4a 387·2 721·2b 378·1 545·2c 278·1 922·1a 353·9 1016·9a 557·6
Fe (mg) 9·1a 3·5 7·6b 3·3 5·1c 2·0 12·0a 4·3 9·9b 3·1
Mg (mg) 274·7a 97·9 234·0b 100·2 154·4c 58·5 301·4a 87·0 321·6a 113·7
K (mg) 2736·2a 783·6 2342·3b 846·1 1715·6c 552·1 3067·3a 838·3 3191·1a 1065·6
P (mg) 1167·4a 352·6 1026·6b 382·6 746·9c 263·4 1355·2a 368·9 1316·9a 444·5
Na (mg) 3049·5a 1227·8 2487·1b 1146·3 1863·0c 886·7 3705·7a 1307·7 3674·4a 1623·9
Vitamin D (µg) 1·5a 1·2 1·5a 1·3 1·1a 0·9 1·8a 2·6 1·8a 2·0
Vitamin E (mg) 13·2a 6·8 10·9b 6·5 8·2b 5·0 17·1a 8·5 12·6b 6·1
Vitamin C (mg) 80·2a 56·9 61·5b 50·0 50·9b 32·5 72·5a 57·7 105·7b 63·9
Vitamin A (mg) 476·4a 256·1 426·1a,b 402·7 316·0b 189·3 536·6a 291·2 484·2a 300·6
Thiamin (mg) 1·5a 0·5 1·3b 0·5 0·9c 0·4 1·9a 0·6 1·7a 0·7
Riboflavin (mg) 2·6a 14·4 2·0a 6·3 1·1a 0·4 2·0a 0·8 1·9a 0·8
Pantothenic acid (mg) 4·6a 1·3 3·9b 1·3 2·8c 1·0 5·3a 1·7 5·2a 2·0
Niacin (mg) 19·5a 6·9 16·4b 6·3 10·9c 4·6 25·3a 10·5 23·5a 11·6
Vitamin B6 (mg) 1·7a 0·5 1·4b 0·5 1·0c 0·4 2·2a 0·9 2·0a 0·8
Vitamin B12 (µg) 3·9a 2·0 3·7a 2·9 2·2b 1·2 5·4a 6·7 4·6a 2·6
Folic acid (µg) 253·2a 102·8 205·7b 93·3 159·6c 64·1 300·6a 158·9 294·5a 124·7

rED, risk of eating disorders; EDNOS, eating disorder not otherwise specified.

a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05).