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. 2010 Sep 15;9:37. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-9-37

Table 2.

Percent energy from macronutrients and intakes of nutrients and foods among under-reporters and acceptable reporters

UR, n = 19 AR, n = 35

Mean SD Mean SD

Percent energy from
added sugar 4 2.4 5 2.4
carbohydrates 45 5.0 42 5.5
fat 30a 6.2 35 5.3
protein 18b 2.4 17 2.0

Intakes of

Median
25th , 75th
percentiles

Median
25th , 75th
percentiles

antioxidants (mmol/d) 20 12, 25 24 14, 29
vitamin C (mg/d) 118c 76, 159 151 114, 198
β-carotene (mcg/d) 2d 1, 3 3 2, 4
berries (g/d) 13 1, 29 19 10, 30
chocolate (g/d) 6 1, 13 7 4, 22
coffee (g/d) 442 66, 617 406 36, 679
fruit (g/d) 121 69, 221 113 66, 181
fruit and berry juices (g/d) 42 11, 86 107 21, 185
nuts (g/d) 3 1, 9 6 2, 16
tea (g/d) 80 20, 400 60 20, 220
vegetables (g/d) 212e 110, 252 265 199, 414
wine (g/d) 66 12, 119 43 3, 89

Under-reporters, UR; acceptable reporters, AR; standard deviation, SD. a Different from AR, p = 0.003; b different from AR, p = 0.012; c different from AR, p = 0.024; d different from AR, p = 0.040; e different from AR, p = 0.027