Table 3.

Percentage of Energy from Macronutrients by Energy Density Tertiles of Young Adults: BHS (1989–91)

Macronutrients (%)	ED1§			ED2§
	Tertile1	Tertile2	Tertile3	Tertile1	Tertile2	Tertile3
	M ± SE1			M ± SE1
Protein	12.6 ± 0.4	13.2 ± 0.4	13.8 ± 0.4a	11.7 ± 0.4	13.1 ± 0.4	14.7 ± 0.4d
Total Fat	29.0 ± 0.8	36.1 ± 0.7	41.6 ± 0.7d	28.6 ± 0.7	36.4 ± 0.7	42.5 ± 0.7d
Saturated Fatty Acids	9.3 ± 0.4	11.7 ± 0.4	12.9 ± 0.3d	9.3 ± 0.4	11.8 ± 0.3	13.1 ± 0.3d
Total Carbohydrate	55.5 ± 1.0	49.4 ± 1.0	43.9 ± 0.9d	56.7 ± 0.9	49.3 ± 0.9	42.2 ± 0.9d
Total Sucrose	17.8 ± 0.9	12.5 ± 0.9	11.3 ± 0.8d	17.6 ± 0.9	13.2 ± 0.8	10.4 ± 0.9d

^§ED1 = all foods and beverages without alcoholic beverage; ED2 = excluded no caloric or less than 10 kcal/g beverages.

¹Least-square means and standard error (M ± SE) from regression models adjusted for age, race, gender, BMI, and race by gender.

Linear Trend:

^ap < 0.05,

^bp < 0.01,

^cp < 0.001,

^dp < 0.0001.