Table 3.
Percent of Macronutrients ± SEM* as a Percent of Energy by Race
| Average Nutrient Intake ± SEM | African American n = 1213 |
White n = 777 |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | ||
| Total Fat Percent Energy | 35.1 | 0.2 | 34.4 | 0.3 | 0.0677 |
| Saturated Fat Percent Energy | 11.0 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 0.1 | <.0001 |
| Polyunsaturated Fat Percent Energy | 7.9 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 0.1 | <.0001 |
| Protein Percent Energy | 16.2 | 0.1 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 0.3962 |
| Carbohydrate Percent Energy | 47.0 | 0.3 | 49.1 | 0.4 | 0.6441 |
| Total Sugar Percent Energy | 23.2 | 0.3 | 24.3 | 0.4 | <.0001 |
*
SEM, standard error of the mean