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. 2008 Jul 9;10(7):160.

Table 3.

Mean (se) Percent1,2,3 of Total Fructose From Food Sources, NHANES III4 (n=21,483)

% of fructose from beverages3 % of fructose from grains % of fructose from fruit/juices % of fructose from sugars/sweets % of fructose from vegetables % of fructose from dairy






mean (se) mean (se) mean (se) mean (se) mean (se) mean (se)
Total 30.1 (0.7) 21.5 (0.3) 19.4 (0.5) 10.8 (0.3) 6.7 (0.1) 5.7 (0.2)
 Male (ref) 32.5 (0.8) 21.4 (0.4) 17.1 (0.6) 11.0 (0.3) 6.4 (0.2) 5.4 (0.2)
 Female 27.8 (0.8) c 21.5 (0.4) 21.7 (0.7) c 10.6 (0.3) 7.0 (0.2) b 6.0 (0.2)
Age group
 2–5 27.9 (0.9) c 20.1 (0.6) b 29.9 (1.2) c 9.9 (0.4) a 3.6 (0.2) c 5.8 (0.4) a
 6–11 31.3 (1.1) c 22.5 (0.7) c 19.7 (1.1) c 10.4 (0.5) b 3.8 (0.2) c 9.2 (0.6) c
 12–18 45.2 (1.1) 20.0 (0.8) a 13.0 (0.8) 9.1 (0.6) 3.7 (0.2) c 5.6 (0.4)
 19–30 (ref) 43.9 (1.1) 17.8 (0.6) 12.6 (0.7) 8.2 (0.4) 6.2 (0.3) 4.6 (0.4)
 31–50 30.0 (1.0) c 21.9 (0.7) c 16.3 (0.6) c 11.8 (0.5) c 7.1 (0.2) 5.5 (0.3) a
 51–70 18.2 (0.8) c 23.1 (0.5) c 25.4 (0.6) c 11.8 (0.4) c 9.3 (0.3) c 5.5 (0.4)
 >70 10.9 (0.5) c 25.3 (0.6) c 31.6 (0.7) c 13.1 (0.6) c 9.1 (0.4) c 5.1 (0.4)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white (ref) 27.9 (0.8) 23.1 (0.4) 19.4 (0.6) 10.6 (0.3) 7.0 (0.2) 6.1 (0.2)
 Non-Hispanic black 39.5 (0.6) c 17.2 (0.3) c 17.2 (0.4) a 11.1 (0.4) a 5.8 (0.1) b 3.9 (0.2) c
 Mexican-American 38.4 (0.8) c 17.5 (0.3) c 19.2 (0.8) a 9.8 (0.4) 5.1 (0.2) b 4.5 (0.2) c
 Other 32.2 (1.6) 15.3 (0.9) c 23.1 (1.3) b 12.7 (1.0) a 6.1 (0.5) 5.5 (0.6)
Poverty-Income Ratio
 PIR ≤ 1.3 (ref) 35.6 (1.0) 19.4 (0.5) 18.0 (0.7) 11.2 (0.6) 5.7 (0.2) 5.0 (0.3)
 1.3 < PIR ≤ 3.5 32.4 (0.8) 21.4 (0.5) 18.3 (0.6) 10.7 (0.4) 6.4 (0.2) 5.2 (0.2)
 PIR > 3.5 23.5 (1.0) c 22.7 (0.6) 21.4 (0.9) c 10.7 (0.3) 7.8 (0.3) b 6.9 (0.4) b
Body Mass Index (adults/children)
 Normal weight (ref) 30.9 (0.8) 21.0 (0.3) 19.9 (0.7) 11.0 (0.3) 5.8 (0.2) 6.0 (0.2)
 Overweight/at risk 28.8 (0.9) a 21.8 (0.5) 19.0 (0.5) a 11.2 (0.5) 7.5 (0.2) 5.5 (0.3)
 Obese/overweight 30.1 (0.9) b 22.2 (0.7) 18.8 (0.6) b 9.5 (0.4) c 7.8 (0.3) 5.1 (0.3)
1

Results weighted to account for the complex survey design, nonresponse, and poststratification

2

Means compared to reference group (ref) using t-tests:

a

P <.05,

b

P <.01,

c

P <.001. T-test adjusted for sex, age, race, PIR, and BMI. T-test for total fructose intake (g) further adjusted for total energy intake.

3

Nonalcoholic, non-100% juice

4

NHANES III, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988–1994.