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Published in final edited form as: J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 May;109(5):814–822. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.02.002

Table 2.

Mean energy & nutrient intake and diet cost by tertile of dietary energy density for women and men. Diets excluding beverages.

Women	Lowest Tertile (n=34)		Middle Tertile (n=35)		Highest Tertile (n=34)		Trend Test P^a
Nutrient	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Trend Test P^a
Dietary Energy Density (kcal/g)	1.04	0.11	1.32	0.08	1.69	0.19	<0.001
Energy (kcal)	1484	501	1538	446	1609	634	.335
Total Fat (g)	49.5	21.8	59.8	17.3	71.6	30.1	<0.001
Total Saturated Fatty Acids (g)	15.0	6.6	18.8	6.1	22.6	10.0	<0.001
Total Dietary Fiber (g)	25.9	10.1	20.8	8.0	16.8	6.4	<0.001
Added Sugars (g)	40.4	16.0	46.8	24.9	48.4	30.9	.187
Vitamin A (IU)	22267	13291	12587	7822	6706	3553	<0.001
Vitamin C (mg)	138	59	95	36	65	32	<0.001
Calcium (mg)	750	304	717	301	671	318	.292
Iron (mg)	14	7	14	6	13	6	.474
Potassium (mg)	2790	931	2332	763	1899	717	<0.001
Dietary Energy Cost ($/2000kcal)	9.55	1.82	8.06	1.25	6.76	0.87	<0.001
Men	Lowest Tertile (n=20)		Middle Tertile (n=21)		Highest Tertile (n=20)		Trend Test P^a
Nutrient	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Trend Test P^a

Dietary Energy Density (kcal/g)	1.19	0.10	1.42	0.09	1.84	0.25	<0.001
Energy (kcal)	1760	614	1758	518	1902	846	.505
Total Fat (g)	58.5	24.9	65.7	18.2	86.5	38.5	.003
Total Saturated Fatty Acids (g)	17.3	8.5	20.7	4.9	27.0	11.5	.001
Total Dietary Fiber (g)	28.2	11.0	23.6	10.7	19.2	9.9	.008
Added Sugars (g)	48.7	24.7	51.5	31.4	47.9	34.8	.939
Vitamin A (IU)	16082	9901	10515	6414	7927	7288	.002
Vitamin C (mg)	112	51	98	56	64	27	.002
Calcium (mg)	819	343	789	336	770	437	.680
Iron (mg)	17	5	17	7	16	8	.856
Potassium (mg)	2807	1071	2465	854	2098	1018	.026
Dietary Energy Cost ($/2000kcal)	7.82	1.28	7.74	1.27	6.71	1.15	.006

Significance based on test of linear change in mean across tertiles of dietary energy density.