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Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Dec;112(12):2022–2027. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.08.026

Table 2.

Dietary Intake of Fruits, Vegetables, and Antioxidants by Participant Group^a,^b

	Sample n=278	Depression n=144	Comparison n=134	p value^c
Fruits (svgs/d)	1.9 (1.2)	1.6 (1.2)	2.2 (1.1)	<0.0001
Vegetables (svgs/d)	3.2 (1.8)	3.0 (1.7)	3.4 (1.9)	0.03
Vitamin C (mg/d)
dietary	128.0 (66.7)	109.2 (62.2)	148.3 (65.6)	<0.0001
supplemental	309.2 (494.7)	290.9 (460.2)	328.8 (530.3)	0.5
total	437.2 (503.8)	400.0 (464.1)	477.1 (542.2)	0.2
Vitamin E (mg/d)
alpha-tocopherol
dietary	10.0 (5.3)	9.9 (5.2)	10.2 (5.4)	0.7
supplemental	151.5 (175.8)	146.1 (184.4)	157.3 (166.6)	0.6
total	161.5 (176.1)	156.0 (184.5)	167.5 (167.1)	0.6
gamma-tocopherol^d	22.0 (13.4)	23.3 (15.0)	20.6 (11.4)	0.1
Selenium (μg/d)^e	21.1 (44.6)	22.6 (48.0)	19.4 (40.7)	0.5
Carotenoids (μg/d)	11225.2 (7502.9)	10699.9 (7334.3)	11789.7 (7667.3)	0.2
alpha-carotene beta-carotene	820.3 (766.6)	751.8 (737.0)	893.8 (793.3)	0.1
dietary	3941.1 (2860.2)	3759.0 (2937.5)	4136.7 (2772.4)	0.3
supplemental	1974.8 (5288.6)	2036.7 (5532.9)	1908.2 (5032.8)	0.8
total	5915.8 (6431.4)	5795.7 (6889.2)	6044.9 (5923.3)	0.7
beta-cryptoxanthin	172.6 (139.0)	140.0 (137.8)	207.7 (132.1)	<0.0001
lutein	1903.2 (1682.4)	1681.9 (1416.2)	2141.0 (1904.9)	0.02
lycopene	4388.0 (4890.1)	4367.1 (5061.8)	4410.5 (4717.4)	0.9

mean (SD).

Intake estimates derived from 1998 Block food frequency questionnaire (NutritionQuest; Berkeley, CA).

p value for difference between groups (t-test used to compare means).

food sources only.

supplemental sources only.