Table 2.

Contribution of food groups and macronutrients to the total energy and dietary intake of adults (23–25 years) from the fourth follow-up of the Ribeirão Preto birth cohort (1978/1979), São Paulo, Brazil (2002–2004).

Food Groups		Total (n = 1857)		Asthma				p-Value
				No (n = 1612)		Yes (n = 245)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Total energy kcal/day		2237.3	705.8	2232.3	701.8	2270.1	732.0	0.435
Total intake		2135.4	751.8	2132.9	761.0	2152.0	695.3	0.712
Unprocessed/minimally processed	kcal of diet	1120.0	380.2	1120.0	379.0	1118.5	388.2	0.961
	%TCV	50.9	11.2	51.1	11.3	50.1	11.0	0.196
	g/day	1191.5	444.5	1190.5	446.1	1198.2	435.0	0.802
	%g/day	57.6	15.2	57.6	15.3	56.9	14.4	0.502
Processed	kcal of diet	246.0	142.4	244.0	139.0	257.3	163.0	0.167
	%TCV	11.0	5.4	11.0	5.2	11.2	6.1	0.455
	g/day	155.6	136.3	153.9	133.9	166.6	151.0	0.177
	%g/day	7.3	5.6	7.3	5.5	7.6	6.3	0.372
Ultraprocessed	kcal of diet	869.3	434.1	866.0	433.3	892.0	439.3	0.386
	%TCV	37.9	11.2	37.8	11.3	38.6	10.8	0.333
	g/day	788.3	580.0	788.5	593.0	787.2	487.2	0.975
	%g/day	35.1	15.1	35.0	15.2	35.4	15.2	0.729
Macronutrients and alcohol
Carbohydrates	%TCV	55.7	6.7	55.8	6.6	55.5	6.8	0.544
	g/1000 kcal	139.4	16.6	139.5	16.6	138.8	17.0
Proteins	%TCV	16.8	3.2	16.9	3.2	16.3	3.2	0.008
	g/1000 kcal	42.1	7.9	42.3	7.9	40.8	7.9
Lipids	%TCV	26.1	4.9	26.0	4.8	26.7	5.1	0.037
	g/1000 kcal	29.0	5.4	28.9	5.4	29.7	5.7
Fibers	g/1000 kcal	11.1	3.0	11.1	3.0	11.0	2.8	0.704
Alcohol	%TCV	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.7	1.4	2.3	0.215
	g/1000 kcal	1.8	2.6	1.8	2.5	2.0	3.2

TCV: total caloric value; SD: standard deviation.