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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 3.

Mean (95% CI) non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) (g/day) and phytate (mg/day) intakes of British women of the NSHD 1946 Birth Cohort, by year of dietary survey and by principal food sources (n=691) 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	0.28 (0.21,0.34) ^a	2.1 (0.2)	0.23 (0.17,0.30) ^a	1.6 (0.1)	0.54 (0.49,0.6) ^b	3.8 (0.2)
Bread	2.56 (2.42,2.69) ^a	23.5 (0.5)	2.64 (2.53,2.75)	21.7 (0.4)	2.75 (2.64,2.87) ^b	19.6 (0.4)
Breakfast cereals	1.13 (0.98,1.27) ^a	8.3 (0.5)	1.33 (1.19,1.47) ^b	9.3 (0.4)	1.25 (1.13,1.37) ab	8.0 (0.4)
Sweet cereals^*	1.08 (1.02,1.15) ^a	10.1 (0.3)	1.13 (1.06,1.20) ^a	9.3 (0.3)	0.8 (0.74,0.85) ^b	5.7 (0.2)
Vegetables	2.06 (1.9,2.1) ^a	19.9 (0.4)	2.49 (2.4,2.57) ^b	20.9 (0.3)	2.6 (2.5,2.7) ^b	18.3 (0.3)
Pulses/nuts	0.48 (0.43,0.53) ^a	4.3 (0.2)	0.54 (0.49,0.6)	4.3 (0.2)	0.64 (0.57,0.71) ^b	4.2 (0.2)
Potatoes	1.41 (1.34,1.48) ^a	14.5 (0.4)	1.97 (1.88,2.06) ^b	11.3 (0.3)	1.27 (1.22,1.32) c	14.8 (0.4)
Fruit	1.26 (1.17,1.35) ^a	10.9 (0.3)	1.62 (1.50,1.73) ^b	11.9 (0.3)	2.56 (2.41,2.72) ^c	16.7 (0.4)
	Phytate mg/day	Percent of total	Phytate mg/day	Percent of total	Phytate mg/day	Percent of total
Rice/pasta/grains	34 (27,41) ^a	5.2 (0.4)	28 (22,34) ^a	4.8 (0.3)	73 (61,86) ^b	9.3 (0.54)
Bread	208 (190,226) ^a	34.0 (0.9)	181 (171,190) ^b	33.1 (0.7)	191 (180,203)	28.7 (0.6)
Breakfast cereals	125 (105,144)	14.7 (0.8)	134 (117,151)	18.5 (0.8)	128 (114,141)	17.0 (0.7)
Sweet cereals	50 (47,53) ^a	11.7 (0.4)	32 (30,35) ^b	6.3 (0.2)	35 (32,38) ^b	5.9 (0.2)
Vegetables	35 (33,36) ^a	8.6 (0.3)	43 (39,47) ^b	8.5 (0.3)	39 (36,41) ^b	6.8 (0.2)
Pulses/nuts	30 (26,34)	6.0 (0.3)	35 (31,39)	6.4 (0.3)	46 (39,53)	6.5 (0.4)
Potatoes	52 (49,54) ^a	14.0 (0.5)	65 (62,67) ^b	12.2 (0.3)	54 (51,56) ^a	11.2 (0.4)
Fruit	1 (1,1)	0.8 (0.1)	1 (1,1)	0.9 (0.1)	2 (2,3)	0.5 (0.0)

Unlike superscripts indicate significant difference, p<0.05

Sweet cereals includes cakes, biscuits and puddings