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Table 3.

Percentages of daily users^a of different fruit and vegetable types and gender differences in F&V consumption frequencies within age groups (food frequency questionnaire)

Age	Gender	Fresh fruit	Dried fruit	Canned fruit	Juice	Berries	Salad/raw vegetables	Cooked vegetables	Canned vegetables	Beans
18–24 y	Women	48.9	6.6	3.3	20.0	5.5	41.3	7.7	6.6	6.5
	Men	19.6	5.9	2.0	22.0	2.0	29.4	6.0	0	2.0
		P=0.003^b
25–34 y	Women	56.5	7.3	1.9	19.8	1.8	45.0	13.0	3.7	1.9
	Men	35.5	6.6	0	15.8	0	28.4	2.7	1.4	1.4
		P<0.001^b
35–44 y	Women	60.6	7.3	0	18.3	2.7	54.1	12.7	4.7	1.8
	Men	38.6	8.6	0	25.7	1.4	34.8	5.8	2.9	1.4
		P<0.001^b					P<0.001^b
45–54 y	Women	65.5	9.9	0	20.5	9.9	54.5	11.8	1.8	3.7
	Men	37.0	0	0	24.1	0	29.6	3.8	2.5	4.9
		P<0.001^b	P=0.001^b			P=0.007^b	P<0.001^b
55–64 y	Women	65.1	14.3	0	23.4	5.5	48.0	12.7	0.8	1.6
	Men	43.5	12.0	0	23.3	8.0	33.3	7.1	2.3	3.5
		P<0.001^b		P=0.002^b			P<0.001^b
65–74 y	Women	77.7	17.6	0	31.3	14.3	50.9	12.1	1.0	3.0
	Men	46.1	12.6	0	22.7	7.1	35.3	5.0	2.0	1.0
		P<0.001^b						P=0.001^b
75–84 y	Women	71.0	19.6	0	26.9	11.3	38.6	10.7	1.6	1.9
	Men	41.6	10.7	1.3	24.1	14.1	30.6	13.8	1.2	2.5
		P<0.001^b
All ages	Women	63.5	11.0	0.3	22.6	6.9	48.3	11.7	1.7	2.9
	Men	38.9	8.3	0.4	22.6	5.1	28.8	6.4	1.8	2.4
		P<0.001^b					P<0.001^b	P=0.001^b

Note: Bolded figures are statistically significant differences.

^aOnce/day + two times/day + more than twice a day.

^bMann–Whitney test for gender differences in consumption frequencies (eight categories as presented in Methods).