Table 2.

Intakes of vegetables and fruit (g/d), and the percentage contribution of subtypes to total intake, among the study participants, Guangdong, China, July 2009 to May 2010

	Boys			Girls			Young women			Postmenopausal women
	(n 110)			(n 112)			(n 371)			(n 333)
	Mean	sd	%	Mean	sd	%	Mean	sd	%	Mean	sd	%
Vegetable groups
Leafy vegetables‡	200	119	65·2	181	77	63·9	150	126	43·7	243	124	54·8
Melons§, carrot and radish, tomato, peppers, and onion and garlic	50	40	17·2	60	49	19·9	109	89	31·5	131	85	28·6
Starchy tubers∥ and fresh corn	19	19	7·0	20	24	6·8	52	52	15·7	45	42	10·0
Fresh beans	9	8	3·1	12	27	3·7	22	25	6·6	14	55	2·9
Mushrooms	26	57	7·5	16	18	5·7	9	12	2·5	17	21	3·8
Total	303	158	100	289	117	100	344	186	100	435	204	100
Fruit groups
Apple, pear, peach, pineapple, plum	68	70	45·8	72	91	41·6	151	181	38·3	73	103	40·3
Orange, grapefruit, lemon	41	72	23·6	53	78	26·5	72	103	19·7	35	45	19·3
Banana	15	20	12·9	14	19	10·0	30	43	8·2	20	28	12·0
Grapes, lychee, longan	11	23	7·9	17	31	9·2	42	61	11·2	19	42	10·5
Papaya, water melons, various muskmelons	8	17	7·9	10	19	7·1	48	88	11·7	16	21	10·7
Mango, persimmon	1	3	0·8	4	14	3·2	4	17	0·9	2	4	1·3
Durian and other fruits	3	16	1·1	3	13	1·6	41	83	10·0	10	17	5·9
Total	185	165	100	206	182	100	380	251	100	174	157	100

‡Leafy vegetables: pak choi, choi sum, lettuce, spinach, Chinese spinach, water spinach, Chinese kale, mustard, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, etc.

§Melons: Chinese waxgourd, pumpkin, cucumber, towel gourd, bitter gourd, luffa-smooth loofah, etc.

∥Starchy tubers: yam, potato, sweet potato, taro, lotus root, etc.