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. 2012 Sep 6;7(9):e44490. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044490

Table 2. Dietary factors according to photoaging severity.

Women (n = 1264) Men (n = 1655)
Photoaging grades Photoaging grades
1–2 3 4 5–6 1–2 3 4 5–6
Dietary factors (n = 193) (n = 555) (n = 402) (n = 114) P-value (n = 212) (n = 744) (n = 574) (n = 125) P-value
Monounsaturated fat (% TEI) 15.5 (2.4) 15.5 (2.8) 14.8 (3) 15.1 (3.4) 0.0106 14.8 (2.9) 14.7 (2.9) 14.5 (2.8) 13.9 (2.8) 0.0005
Monounsaturated fat from
Dairy (%TEI) 4.2 (1.7) 4.2 (1.7) 4.3 (1.7) 4.4 (1.5) 0.73 4.1 (1.5) 4.0 (1.6) 4.0 (1.8) 4.0 (1.5) 0.61
Meat (%TEI) 1.1 (0.8) 1.0 (0.9) 1.0 (0.8) 1.0 (0.9) 0.12 1.3 (1.1) 1.2 (0.9) 1.1 (0.9) 1.1 (0.8) 0.28
Processed meats (%TEI) 1.1 (1.1) 1.1 (1.3) 1.0 (1.3) 1.1 (1.4) 0.35 1.6 (1.5) 1.4 (1.5) 1.4 (1.4) 1.4 (1.6) 0.31
Vegetable oils (%TEI) 3.9 (2.5) 3.7 (2.3) 3.6 (2.0) 3.7 (2.0) 0.14 3.4 (1.9) 3.4 (2.1) 3.3 (2.1) 2.8 (2.0) 0.01
Olive oil (g/day) 6.4 (4.4) 5.8 (4.8) 5.5 (4.4) 5.8 (4.6) 0.04 7.4 (5.8) 7.2 (5.2) 7.0 (5.4) 5.6 (4.1) 0.003
Peanut oil (g/day) 1.8 (1.6) 1.8 (1.9) 1.6 (1.6) 1.7 (1.4) 0.45 2.4 (1.8) 2.2 (2.1) 2.1 (2.0) 2.1 (1.6) 0.29
Sunflower oil (g/day) 4.9 (3.6) 5 (4.3) 4.9 (3.9) 4.9 (3.5) 0.93 6.1 (4.3) 6.1 (4.6) 6.1 (5.5) 6.1 (4.4) 0.90
Energy intake (MJ/day) 7.7 (2.2) 7.7 (2.6) 7.6 (2.4) 7.2 (2.5) 0.23 10.5 (3.1) 10.4 (3.2) 10.4 (3.2) 10.8 (2.4) 0.42
Vitamin E (mg/day) 11.7 (5.1) 11.6 (5.6) 11.4 (5.8) 11.4 (4.4) 0.73 13.5 (5.0) 13.7 (5.9) 13.7 (6.8) 14.1 (5.4) 0.49
Vitamin C (mg/day) 83.0 (47.5) 89.1 (54.2) 88.8 (55.5) 96.4 (51.5) 0.17 95.5 (56.2) 91.2 (57.1) 92.3 (62.2) 88.5 (56.3) 0.50

Values are medians (IQR). Differences in dietary factors between photoaging grades were assessed using the Kruskal-Wallis test. TEI, Total energy intake.