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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2009 Oct 14;33(6):419–423. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.09.005

Table 2.

Daily food and nutrient intakes (from food plus supplements) of women with FHBOC (n = 211)

Dietary Intakes NCI/ACS guidelines1 Met Guidelines n (%)
Food groups and macronutrients (mean ± SD)
Vegetables (servings) 2.57 ± 1.22 5 servings 13 (6.16)
Fruit (servings) 1.56 ± 0.96 5 servings 0 (0.00)
Fiber (grams) 11.21 ± 5.32 25 – 30 grams 2 (0.95)
% Energy from fat 33.85 ± 9.05 < 30 % energy 75 (35.55)
Micronutrients (mean ± SD)
Dietary Total2 p
Folate (mg) 241.98 ± 120.80 447.92 ± 313.82 < .0001
 25th percentile 169.56 213.54
 50th percentile 219.40 390.07
 75th percentile 299.85 624.43
Vitamin B1 (g) 1.02 ± 0.46 2.65 ± 4.18 < .0001
 25th percentile 0.70 0.90
 50th percentile 0.95 1.80
 75th percentile 1.27 2.79
Vitamin B6 (mg) 1.33 ± 0.62 2.71 ± 2.49 < .0001
 25th percentile 0.90 1.17
 50th percentile 1.21 2.36
 75th percentile 1.71 3.58
Vitamin C (mg) 119.97 ± 81.48 465.76 ± 719.76 < .0001
 25th percentile 61.87 100.52
 50th percentile 105.40 210.61
 75th percentile 146.84 562.00
Alpha Carotene (μg) 341.12 ± 344.79
 25th percentile 130.48
 50th percentile 220.14
 75th percentile 425.64
Beta Carotene (μg) 2322.59 ± 1760.95
 25th percentile 1112.58
 50th percentile 1743.08
 75th percentile 3080.43
Lutein (μg) 1675.86 ± 2126.20
 25th percentile 654.96
 50th percentile 1124.63
 75th percentile 2012.35
Beta- cryptoxanthin (μg) 87.25 ± 65.79
 25th percentile 43.15
 50th percentile 74.95
 75th percentile 112.63
Lycopene (μg) 1603.47 ± 1363.38
 25th percentile 50th percentile 738.02 1286.03
 75th percentile 2141.55
1

: Dietary guidelines are based on 1995 dietary guideline recommendations.

2

: Total includes nutrients from food plus supplements.