Table 1.

Dietary fat distribution in elderly men and women from the MEDIS study.

	Men	Women	P*
N	744	742
Energy intake (kcal/day)	1702 ± 638	1654 ± 574	0.17
Total fat intake (g/day)	50.0 ± 19.3	46.0 ± 16.8	< 0.001
Percent of total fat (%Energy)	35.2 ± 6.5	35.3 ± 6.0	0.80
Percent of fat from
meat (%Energy)	5.7 (4.4-9.9)	6.0 (4.6-10.7)	0.13
fish (%Energy)	2.9 (1.4-4.2)	2.7 (1.2-3.6)	0.01
sweets (%Energy)	1.7 (0.7-6.0)	2.2 (0.8-6.2)	0.09
olive oil (%Energy)	22.2 (16.3-26.9)	22.5(17.0-26.9)	0.50
high carbohydrate food groups** (%Energy)	3.5 ± 1.2	3.4 ± 1.2	0.10

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or median and quartiles (25^th - 75^th).

* P-values were derived through independent samples t-test for normally distributed variables and Mann-Whitney test for skewed.

** Legumes, pasta, potatoes, cereals