TABLE 4.

Selected daily intake of nutrients known to be available in food groups that constitute the AHA-DLS¹

	Quartiles of AHA-DLS
Nutrient intake2	Q1 19.0 (4.8–23.1)	Q2 26.7 (23.1–30.4)	Q3 33.8 (30.4–38.5)	Q4 43.0 (38.6–72.2)	P-trend
n	300	301	301	301
Energy,2kJ/d	9425 ± 217	9166 ± 213	9852 ± 215	9174 ± 213	0.85
Protein, g/d	87.8 ± 1.1	89.7 ± 1.1	91.6 ± 1.1*	93.8 ± 1.0***	<0.0001
Total carbohydrate, g/d	265 ± 3	267 ± 3	271 ± 3	275 ± 3	0.003
Added sugar, g/d	64.1 ± 2.4	58.0 ± 2.3	54.1 ± 2.3**	52.9 ± 2.3**	0.0002
Total fiber, g/d	16.9 ± 0.3	18.1 ± 0.3*	19.8 ± 0.3†	21.2 ± 0.3†	<0.0001
Total fat, g/d	81.9 ± 0.8	79.1 ± 0.8*	76.4 ± 0.8†	72.8 ± 0.8†	<0.0001
Total fat, % energy	33.9 ± 0.3	32.7 ± 0.3*	31.6 ± 0.3†	29.8 ± 0.3†	<0.0001
Total (n-3) fatty acids, g/d	1.58 ± 0.03	1.66 ± 0.03	1.74 ± 0.03***	1.75 ± 0.03***	<0.0001
Trans fatty acids, g/d	3.19 ± 0.06	2.97 ± 0.06**	2.75 ± 0.06†	2.58 ± 0.06†	<0.0001
Alcohol, g/d	2.9 ± 0.8	4.7 ± 0.8	5.3 ± 0.8	7.0 ± 0.8**	0.0003
β-Carotene, μg/d	2519 ± 176	2768 ± 173	3079 ± 176	3750 ± 173†	<0.0001
Lycopene, μg/d	6383 ± 236	6440 ± 232	7532 ± 235**	7734 ± 232***	<0.0001
Folic acid, μg/d	465 ± 10	487 ± 10	535 ± 10†	557 ± 10†	<0.0001
Vitamin C, mg/d	113 ± 5	124 ± 5	143 ± 5†	165 ± 5†	<0.0001
Potassium, mg/d	2899 ± 36	3111 ± 36***	3240 ± 36†	3465 ± 35†	<0.0001
Magnesium, mg/d	301 ± 6	332 ± 5***	350 ± 6†	380 ± 5†	<0.0001

¹Values are median (range) or mean ± SEM, adjusted for age, sex, and energy intake using ANCOVA unless otherwise noted. Symbols indicate different from Q1: < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ^†P < 0.0001 using ANCOVA. Adjustments were made for multiple comparisons using Tukey's honestly significant difference.

²Values are mean ± SEM, adjusted for age and sex using ANCOVA.