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. 2013 Oct 18;8(10):e76998. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076998

Table 4. Food consumption (g/d) across organic consumption clusters by gender, NutriNet-Santé Study, N = 54, 3111.

Men Women
Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3 Cluster 4 Cluster 5 P2 Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3 Cluster 4 Cluster 5 P2
Not interested Avoidance Too expensive OCOP RCOP Not interested Avoidance Too expensive OCOP RCOP
Vegetables 186 (181–190) 180 (174–187) 185 (176–193) 203 (200–207) 236 (229–243) <0.0001 179 (176–181) 173 (170–176) 180 (176–183) 195 (194–197) 228 (226–231) <0.0001
Fruit 181 (175–187) 178 (170–187) 172 (162–183) 193 (189–197) 218 (209–226) <0.0001 160 (157–164) 149 (145–154) 153 (149–158) 175 (174–177) 210 (206–213) <0.0001
Dried fruit 1.8 (1.5–2.1) 1.5 (1.1–1.9) 1.6 (1.0–2.2) 2.1 (1.8–2.3) 4.9 (4.4–5.3) <0.0001 1.2 (1.1–1.4) 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 1.8 (1.7–1.9) 3.6 (3.5–3.8) <0.0001
Fruit juice 61 (58–65) 52 (47–56) 53 (46–59) 65 (62–67) 67 (62–72) <0.0001 57 (55–59) 50 (48–53) 50 (47–53) 54 (53––55) 52 (51–54) <0.0001
Vegetable juice 1.1 (0.5–1.7) 1.8 (0.9–2.6) 0.9 (−0.2–2.0) 1.7 (1.3–2.1) 3.3 (2.4–4.2) <0.0001 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 1.1 (0.7–1.5) 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 1.5 (1.3–1.7) 3.5 (3.1–3.8) <0.0001
Nuts 2.5 (2.0–3.0) 2.6 (1.9–3.3) 2.4 (1.5–3.2) 3.0 (2.7–3.3) 8.5 (7.8–9.2) <0.0001 1.5 (1.2–1.7) 1.3 (1.0–1.5) 1.5 (1.1–1.8) 2.7 (2.5–2.8) 7.2 (6.9–7.4) <0.0001
Legumes 9.4 (8.4–10.4) 8.1 (6.7–9.4) 11 (9–13) 9.7 (9.0–10.3) 14 (13–15) <0.0001 6.4 (5.9–7.0) 6.0 (5.4–6.6) 7.3 (6.6–8.0) 7.8 (7.5–8.1) 12 (11–12) <0.0001
Potatoes and other tubers 53 (50–55) 56 (53–59) 54 (50–58) 52 (50–53) 53 (50–56) 0.15 39 (38–41) 41 (39–42) 41 (40–43) 38 (37–39) 39 (38–40) <0.0001
Soup 47 (44–51) 51 (46–56) 52 (45–59) 55 (53–58) 64 (58–69) <0.0001 42 (40–44) 43 (41–46) 43 (40–46) 51 (49–52) 62 (60–64) <0.0001
Whole grains 14 (13–16) 13 (11–15) 15 (12–18) 21 (20–22) 49 (47–52) <0.0001 13 (12–14) 12 (11–13) 13 (12–15) 17 (17–18) 33 (32–34) <0.0001
Refined cereals 188 (185–192) 178 (173–184) 188 (181–194) 190 (188–193) 185 (179–190) <0.0001 140 (138–142) 137 (135–139) 141 (139–144) 142 (141–143) 137 (136–139) <0.0001
Fish and seafood 46 (44–48) 45 (42–48) 42 (39–46) 47 (46–49) 47 (45–50) 0.01 39 (38–40) 37 (35–38) 36 (34–37) 41 (40–41) 41 (40–42) <0.0001
Meat 58 (56–60) 59 (56–61) 59 (56–62) 51 (50–53) 38 (35–41) <0.0001 42 (41–43) 44 (43–45) 41 (40–42) 38 (37–38) 29 (28–30) <0.0001
Poultry 29 (28–31) 30 (28–32) 28 (26–31) 30 (29–30) 22 (20–24) <0.0001 25 (24–25) 25 (24–26) 24 (23–25) 24 (23–24) 19 (19–20) <0.0001
Offal 5.7 (5.1–6.4) 5.2 (4.3–6.1) 5.4 (4.3–6.6) 5.2 (4.7–5.6) 4.1 (3.2–4.9) 0.03 2.9 (2.6–3.2) 3.4 (3.1–3.8) 3.1 (2.7–3.5) 3.0 (2.8–3.2) 2.6 (2.3–2.9) 0.04
Ham 11 (10–11) 12 (11–13) 13 (11–14) 10 (10–11) 7.8 (6.8–8.8) <0.0001 10 (10–11) 12 (11–12) 12 (11–12) 9.9 (9.7–10.2) 7.0 (6.6–7.4) <0.0001
Processed meat 30 (29–32) 31 (29–33) 33 (31–35) 26 (26–27) 21 (19–23) <0.0001 19 (19–20) 20 (19–20) 20 (19–21) 17 (17–17) 13 (13–14) <0.0001
Egg 13 (12–14) 14 (12–15) 14 (13–16) 13 (13–14) 16 (14–17) 0.002 11 (11–12) 12 (11–12) 11 (11–12) 12 (12–12) 13 (13–14) <0.0001
Oil 8.1 (7.8–8.4) 7.6 (7.2–8.1) 8.1 (7.5–8.7) 8.5 (8.3–8.8) 11 (11–12) <0.0001 6.9 (6.8–7.1) 6.7 (6.4–6.9) 6.6 (6.4–6.8) 7.4 (7.3–7.5) 9.5 (9.3–9.6) <0.0001
Butter 7.1 (6.8–7.5) 7.7 (7.3–8.2) 6.7 (6.1–7.3) 7.0 (6.7–7.2) 6.9 (6.4–7.3) 0.04 6.1 (5.9–6.3) 6.2 (6.0–6.4) 6.2 (6.0–6.4) 6.1 (6.0–6.2) 5.9 (5.8–6.1) 0.01
Margarines 2.5 (2.2–2.7) 2.6 (2.2–2.9) 3.4 (3.0–3.9) 2.4 (2.3–2.6) 1.7 (1.3–2.0) <0.0001 1.6 (1.5–1.7) 2.0 (1.8–2.1) 2.1 (1.9–2.2) 1.7 (1.6–1.8) 1.3 (1.2–1.4) <0.0001
Other added fats 3.4 (3.1–3.7) 3.5 (3.0–3.9) 3.6 (3.0–4.1) 3.4 (3.2–3.6) 3.2 (2.8–3.6) 0.35 4.3 (4.1–4.5) 4.0 (3.8–4.3) 4.4 (4.2–4.7) 4.0 (3.9–4.1) 3.5 (3.3–3.7) 0.001
Dressing 19 (19–20) 18 (17–19) 18 (16–19) 17 (17–18) 15 (14–16) <0.0001 15 (15–16) 15 (14–15) 15 (15–16) 14 (14–14) 12 (12–13) <0.0001
Milk 103 (98–108) 99 (92–106) 110 (101–119) 90 (86–93) 59 (52–66) <0.0001 87 (84–90) 89 (85–92) 102 (98–106) 79 (77–80) 50 (47–53) <0.0001
Cheese 40 (39–42) 38 (37–40) 41 (39–43) 41 (40–42) 43 (42–45) 0.02 30 (29–30) 29 (29–30) 29 (28–30) 31 (30–31) 33 (32–34) <0.0001
Dairy products3 69 (66–71) 72 (68–75) 74 (69–79) 71 (69–73) 60 (56–64) <0.0001 78 (76–80) 81 (78–83) 80 (78–83) 81 (80–82) 69 (67–71) <0.0001
Milky dessert 38 (36–40) 36 (33–39) 39 (35–43) 37 (36–38) 37 (34–40) 0.83 34 (33–36) 36 (35–38) 38 (36–39) 34 (34–35) 35 (34–36) <0.0001
Cookies, biscuits4 62 (60–65) 61 (57–64) 61 (56–65) 61 (59–63) 63 (59–66) 0.27 60 (58–61) 54 (53–56) 56 (54–58) 56 (55–57) 53 (51–54) <0.0001
Soft drinks 64 (60–68) 59 (53–66) 63 (55–71) 53 (50–56) 42 (36–49) 0.0002 56 (54–59) 56 (53–59) 57 (54–61) 42 (41–44) 30 (28–33) <0.0001
Alcoholic beverages 199 (191–207) 190 (179–201) 157 (143–172) 182 (176–187) 164 (152–175) <0.0001 79 (76–82) 71 (68–75) 61 (57–65) 74 (73–76) 73 (70–76) <0.0001
Sweet products5 29 (28–30) 28 (26–29) 26 (24–29) 31 (30–32) 35 (33–36) <0.0001 24 (23–25) 24 (23–24) 24 (23–25) 25 (25–26) 26 (26–27) <0.0001
Sweet and fat products6 23 (22–25) 24 (22–26) 22 (20–24) 22 (22–23) 19 (17–21) 0.22 23 (23–24) 22 (21–23) 23 (22–24) 21 (20–21) 18 (17–18) <0.0001
Fast food7 41 (39–44) 39 (36–42) 37 (33–41) 38 (36–39) 32 (29–35) <0.0001 36 (35–37) 34 (33–36) 36 (34–37) 32 (31–32) 27 (25–28) <0.0001
1

Values are means (95% confidence interval).

2

P-value is based on the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test for heterogeneity between groups.

3

Yogurt, cottage cheese.

4

Including croissants and pastries.

5

Candy, confectionery, honey, jam, all types of sugars, coulis, syrup, sorbet.

6

Chocolates, chocolate bars, ice cream, ice cream bars, chocolate paste, almond paste.

7

Pizzas, burgers, quiches, salted pies, donuts, savory samosas, salted cakes, salted pastries, hot dog, cheese nans, stuffed pancakes and croque monsieur, nems, etc.