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Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2009 Oct 13;103(2):274–280. doi: 10.1017/S0007114509991644

Table 2.

Mean (95% CI) non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) (g/day) and phytate (mg/day) intakes of British men of the NSHD 1946 Birth Cohort, by year of dietary survey and by principal food sources (n=562) and percentage (S.E.) contribution to total from each food group

	1982 (36 years)		1989 (43 years)		1999 (53 years)

	NSP g/day	Percent of total	NSP g/day	Percent of total	NSP g/day	Percent of total
Rice/pasta/grains	0.23 (0.18,0.28) ^a	1.6 (0.2)	0.27 (0.20,0.34) ^a	1.7 (0.2)	0.62 (0.53,0.71) ^b	3.8 (0.2)
Bread	3.39 (3.2,3.58)	24.7 (0.5)	3.41 (3.25,3.59)	24.3 (0.5)	3.42 (3.25,3.59)	22.4 (0.5)
Breakfast cereals	1.08 (0.94,1.22) ^a	7.1 (0.4)	1.50 (1.32,1.68) ^b	8.9 (0.5)	1.27 (1.12,1.42) ^ab	7.3 (0.4)
Sweet cereals^*	1.15 (1.08,1.23) ^a	8.4 (0.3)	1.19 (1.10,1.28) ^a	8.4 (0.3)	0.88 (0.81,0.94) ^b	5.8 (0.2)
Vegetables	2.37 (2.27,2.47) ^a	18.2 (0.4)	2.69 (2.56,2.82) ^b	19.6 (0.4)	2.56 (2.42,2.67) ^b	16.6 (0.3)
Pulses/nuts	0.80 (0.70,0.90)	5.8 (0.3)	0.77 (0.70,0.85)	5.4 (0.3)	0.84 (0.74,0.94)	5.3 (0.3)
Potatoes	2.13 (2.22,2.40) ^a	18.5 (0.4)	2.44 (2.33,2.55) ^a	12.8 (0.3)	1.63 (1.57,1.70) ^b	16.8 (0.4)
Fruit	1.07 (0.97,1.16) ^a	7.5 (0.3)	1.39 (1.19,1.58) ^b	8.7 (0.3)	2.04 (1.87,2.2) ^c	11.9 (0.4)
	Phytate mg/day	Percent of total	Phytate mg/day	Percent of total	Phytate mg/day	Percent of total
Rice/pasta/grains	31 (25,36) ^a	4.7 (0.4)	35 (29,41) ^a	5.2 (0.5)	70 (57,84) ^b	8.0 (0.51)
Bread	255 (229,281)	33.2 (0.9)	225 (212,239)	34.3 (0.7)	225 (208,242)	30.1 (0.8)
Breakfast cereals	103 (87,118) ^a	12.1 (0.7)	146 (126,167) ^b	16.4 (0.8)	134 (117,150) ^b	15.1 (0.7)
Sweet cereals	58 (53,63) ^a	10.2 (0.4)	35 (31,38) ^b	5.8 (0.3)	38 (34,41) ^b	6.0 (0.3)
Vegetables	37 (35,39) ^a	7.1 (0.2)	46 (42,50) ^b	8.0 (0.3)	37 (34,40) ^a	5.8 (0.2)
Pulses/nuts	43 (38,48)	7.4 (0.4)	47 (41,52)	7.3 (0.4)	53 (45,61)	7.2 (0.4)
Potatoes	88 (84,91) ^a	18.3 (0.5)	85 (82,88) ^a	13.8 (0.4)	73 (68,77) ^b	13.6 (0.4)
Fruit	1 (1,1)	0.7 (0.1)	1 (1,1)	0.5 (0.1)	2 (1,2)	0.3 (0.0)

Unlike superscripts indicate significant difference, p<0.05

Sweet cereals includes cakes, biscuits and puddings