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. 2009 Jun 23;338:b2337. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2337

Table 2.

 Daily intakes (g/day) of indicated dietary variables by sex. Values are median (interquartile range)

Dietary variable Men Women
Vegetables 548.60 (434.67-683.86) 499.33 (388.98-634.26)
Legumes 9.13 (5.75-13.32) 6.66 (3.62-10.52)
Fruits and nuts 362.52 (257.17-483.60) 356.77 (257.15-471.46)
Cereals 178.32 (135.24-232.98) 139.59 (108.06-176.22)
Fish and seafood 23.67 (13.92-33.62) 18.89 (12.51-27.73)
Dairy products 196.11 (116.90-301.35) 191.41 (110.76-292.55)
Meat and meat products 121.11 (86.83-163.69) 89.88 (64.02-120.09)
Monounsaturated lipids 56.04 (44.67-69.45) 46.62 (36.92-57.86)
Saturated lipids 33.08 (25.19-42.06) 27.11 (20.62-34.83)
Monounsaturated/saturated lipids (ratio) 1.72 (1.46-2.02) 1.74 (1.45-2.07)
Ethanol 11.07 (3.43-25.41) 1.17 (0.04-4.02)