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. 2025 Aug 8;24:124. doi: 10.1186/s12937-025-01193-7

Table 3.

Nutrient intake per day across sex specific tertiles of EAT-Lancet diet score H70-study

Nutrient intake across tertiles of EAT-Lancet diet score1
T1: 10–21 T2: 21–24 T3: 24–38 p-trend2
Energy (kcal/day) 2180 (571) 2156 (486) 2128 (437) 0.221
Fat (g/day) 88.9 (28.4) 88.6 (27.2) 88.1 (24.7) 0.727
E% fat2 38.4 (6.5) 38.3 (7.0) 38.5 (6.2) 0.773
Saturated fatty acids (g/day) 37.4 (14.0) 35.5 (12.9) 33.2 (11.9) < 0.001
E% SFA3 16.1 (3.7) 15.3 (3.8) 14.4 (3.6) < 0.001
Monounsaturated fatty acids (g/day) 31.7 (10.2) 31.8 (10.3) 32.1 (9.6) 0.642
E% MUFA3 13.7 (2.5) 13.7 (2.8) 14.1 (2.8) 0.129
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (g/day) 12.3 (4.7) 14.0 (5.6) 15.7 (6.4) < 0.001
E% PUFA3 5.3 (1.6) 6.1 (2.1) 6.9 (2.5) < 0.001
Carbohydrates (g/day) 220 (73.2) 216 (61.3) 214 (54.9) 0.245
E% carbohydrates3 42.0 (6.8) 41.6 (6.7) 41.7 (6.0) 0.589
Fiber (g/day) 21.9 (7.2) 26.1 (7.8) 30.3 (8.4) < 0.001
Protein (g/day) 89.3 (23.3) 88.9 (21.0) 85.4 (20.4) 0.038
Protein (g/kg body weight)4 1.26 (0.36) 1.24 (0.33) 1.24 (0.30) 0.433
E% protein2 17.4 (3.0) 17.4 (3.1) 16.7 (2.6) 0.006
Alcohol (g/day) 13.8 (17.0) 12.1 (13.3) 10.9 (10.5) 0.013
E% Alcohol5 4.4 (5.1) 3.9 (4.2) 3.6 (3.4) 0.033
Retinol Equivalent 1204 (697) 1125 (618) 1057 (650) 0.008
Beta-Carotene (µg/day) 2779 (1964) 3441 (2473) 4415 (4020) < 0.001
Vitamin D (µg/day) 8.6 (3.8) 9.1 (4.3) 8.9 (4.2) 0.335
Vitamin E (mg/day) 15.4 (15.5) 16.4 (15.0) 15.6 (11.1) 0.787
Thiamine (mg/day) 1.4 (0.4) 1.4 (0.4) 1.4 (0.4) 0.353
Riboflavin (mg/day) 1.8 (0.6) 1.7 (0.5) 1.7 (0.5) 0.013
Niacin equivalent 38.4 (9.9) 38.3 (9.6) 36.3 (8.4) 0.012
Vitamin B6 (mg/day) 2.3 (0.9) 2.4 (0.9) 2.3 (0.7) 0.669
Folate (µg/day) 318 (109) 347 (100) 389 (110) < 0.001
Vitamin B12 (µg/day) 7.5 (3.8) 7.0 (3.0) 6.5 (3.5) 0.001
Vitamin C (mg/day) 130 (79.3) 149 (73.6) 172 (73.5) < 0.001
Calcium (mg/day) 1057 (446) 1011 (366) 1045 (370) 0.644
Phosphorus (mg/day) 1559 (444) 1566 (396) 1584 (396) 0.477
Magnesium (mg/day) 362.4 (95.2) 392.0 (103.3) 429.4 (105.1) < 0.001
Potassium (mg/day) 3530 (907) 3654 (966) 3832 (818) < 0.001
Iron (mg/day) 11.6 (3.4) 12.2 (3.5) 12.8 (3.4) < 0.001
Zinc (mg/day) 11.5 (3.1) 11.6 (2.9) 11.4 (3.0) 0.528
Selenium (µg/day) 54.3 (16.7) 55.0 (18.4) 52.7 (15.3) 0.315

1Values are means and (SD)

2P-value for linear trend

3Energy percentage of the non-alcoholic energy intake

4For individuals with a BMI over 25, weight was estimated as the weight corresponding to a BMI of 25 plus 25% of the remaining weight

5Energy-percentage of the total energy intake