Table 4.
Dietary intake (mean servings per day) of 420 premenopausal Mongolian women (aged <44 years) born in and outside Ulaanbaatar (UB) and interviewed during April and May 2009
| Food group or item | Born in UB | Born outside UB | p valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n=178) | (n=242) | ||
| Animal meat and eggs | |||
| Goat | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.035 |
| Pork | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.065 |
| Eggs | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.024 |
| Total servings/day | 1.99 | 1.92 | |
| Dairy produce | |||
| Mongolian (unpasteurized) milk | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.001 |
| Aaruul (dried curd made from Mongolian traditional yogurt) | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.005 |
| Eezgii (roasted dairy product made from boiling milk with a little yogurt) | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.004 |
| Butter (commercial) | 0.70 | 0.57 | 0.048 |
| Vegetables | |||
| Potato | 1.07 | 0.94 | 0.032 |
| Cabbage | 0.87 | 0.75 | 0.046 |
| Candy, dessert and bake | |||
| Potato chips | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.015 |
| Fruit | |||
| Wild berry | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.054 |
| Apple | 0.34 | 0.27 | 0.066 |
| Banana | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.051 |
| Watermelon | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.065 |
| Drink, juice and tea (cups) | |||
| Soda | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.011 |
| Fruit juice | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.012 |
| Fruit drink | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.007 |
| Water | 1.22 | 1.03 | 0.011 |
a Only statistically significant results are included in the table.