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. 2024 Nov 7;13(22):3568. doi: 10.3390/foods13223568

Table 1.

General characteristics of study participants from KNHANES I (1998) to KNHANES VII (2016–2018).

Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES)
Variable I
(1998)
n = 5174
II
(2001)
n = 4775
III
(2005)
n = 3327
IV
(2007–2009)
n = 9653
V
(2010–2012)
n = 9982
VI
(2013–2015)
n = 8086
VII
(2016–2018)
n = 7656
Male/female (n) 2322/2852 2092/2683 1498/1829 4320/5333 4399/5583 3718/4368 3583/4073
Average age 40.57 a ± 0.37 41.59 b ± 0.36 43.09 c ± 0.43 44.06 cd ± 0.29 44.60 d ± 0.287 45.20 de ± 0.30 45.71 e ± 0.33
Height (cm) 162.99 c ± 0.18 163.5 bc ± 0.16 163.61 bc ± 0.21 164.17 b ± 0.13 164.35 b ± 0.14 164.87 ab ± 0.14 165.15 a ± 0.14
Weight (kg) 61.46 d ± 0.20 62.58 c ± 0.18 63.51 bc ± 0.26 64.27 b ± 0.16 64.24 b ± 0.19 65.35 a ± 0.18 65.87 a ± 0.20
BMI (kg/m2) 23.08 cd ± 0.06 23.34 c ± 0.06 23.65 bc ± 0.07 23.75 b ± 0.05 23.68 b ± 0.05 23.93 ab ± 0.05 24.04 a± 0.06
Daily Nutrient Intake
 Energy (kcal) 1968.0 ab ± 19.52 1963.5 b ± 18.66 2049.7 a ± 20.99 1906.8 c ± 11.25 2045.7 a ± 13.19 2049.6 a ± 12.18 1970.7 b ± 13.46
 Carbohydrate (g) 322.16 a ± 3.18 310.67 ab ± 2.94 314.60 ab ± 3.16 305.81 b ± 1.69 322.66 a ± 1.95 309.44 ab ± 1.76 295.06 c ± 1.81
 Protein (g) 75.82 a ± 1.09 73.96 a ± 0.84 78.04 a ± 1.04 67.68 b ± 0.51 73.46 b ± 0.61 70.99 b ± 0.57 71.37 b ± 0.58
 Fat (g) 38.99 b ± 0.72 40.25 b ± 0.71 43.89 a ± 0.89 37.34 b ± 0.44 43.14 ab ± 0.52 45.29 a ± 0.52 45.43 a ± 0.55
 Ca (mg) 497.78 b ± 9.45 510.57 ab ± 7.44 565.40 a ± 9.19 474.66 bc ± 4.29 501.57 ab ± 4.84 472.76 c ± 4.11 493.26 ab ± 4.65
Ratio (%)
 Carbohydrate 67.82 ab ± 0.29 67.83 ab ± 0.24 66.55 b ± 0.28 69.07 a ± 0.17 67.79 ab ± 0.18 67.41 ab ± 0.18 65.70 c ± 0.19
 Protein 15.36 a ± 0.21 14.86 b ± 0.08 15.15 ab ± 0.11 14.13 cd ± 0.06 14.20 c ± 0.06 13.69 d ± 0.06 14.46 c ± 0.07
 Fat 16.82 d ± 0.22 17.31 c ± 0.21 18.30 b ± 0.25 16.80 d ± 0.14 18.01 bc ± 0.14 18.90 ab ± 0.15 19.84 a ± 0.16

p-value (p < 0.001) via one-way ANOVA from the SURVEYREG procedure of SAS. Different superscript letters mean significant difference among groups at the α = 0.05 level via Scheffe’s multiple range comparison. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error.