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Table 8. Mean (95% CI) Of Selected Nutrient Intakes Of African Women Per Income Category.

Nutrient	Total household income category (R/month)
Nutrient	R0−100	R101−500	R501−1000	R1001−2000	R2001−3000	R3000+
Total energy from food (MJ)	7.8^.a	7.9	7.9	8.3	8.8	8.7^a
Total energy from food (MJ)	7.3−8.3	7.6−8.3	7.5−8.2	7.7−8.8	7.8−9.8	7.8−9.6
Total protein (g)	57^ab	55^cde	55^fgh	61^cfi	69^adg	72^behi
Total protein (g)	54−61	53−58	53−58	58−65	62−76	66−79
Animal-derived protein (g)	27^abcde	23^afgh	24^bijk	31^cfilm	40^dgjl	44^ehkm
Animal-derived protein (g)	24−29	22−25	22−25	29−34	35−45	40−48
Total fat (g)	53^abc	50^def	52^ghi	59^adgj	68^beh	77^cfij
Total fat (g)	49−57	47−53	49−55	55−64	60−77	70−85
Saturated fat (g)	17^abc	16^def	16^ghi	19^adgjk	23^behj	26^cfik
Saturated fat (g)	15−18	15−17	15−17	17−20	20−26	23−28
Cholesterol (mg)	260^abc	263^def	283^g	309^ad	362^beg	339^cf
Cholesterol (mg)	229−290	241−286	257−308	275−342	294−430	280−399
P/S ratio	0.9^abc	0.9^def	0.9^ghi	0.8^adgj	0.7^beh	0.7^cfij
P/S ratio	0.8−1.0	0.9−0.9	0.9−1.0	0.8−0.9	0.6−0.8	0.6−0.8
Total carbohydrate (g)	284	305	293	298	303	273
Total carbohydrate (g)	264−304	290−320	276−310	276−320	258−347	234−312
Dietary fibre (g)	16^a	16^b	16^c	17	17	19^abc
Dietary fibre (g)	15−17	15−17	15−17	16−19	15−20	17−22
Calcium (mg)	372^abc	393^de	387^fgh	437^afi	502^bdg	572^cehi
Calcium (mg)	336−408	366−419	357−416	398−477	423−582	502−641
Iron (mg)	8.2^abc	8.0^def	8.2^ghi	9.3^adgj	10.1^beh	10.9^cfij
Iron (mg)	7.6−8.8	7.6−8.5	7.7−8.7	8.6−10.0	8.8−11.5	9.7−12.0
Vitamin A (RE)	772^abcde	628^afgh	628^bijk	949^cfil	1131^dgj	1233^ehkl
Vitamin A (RE)	665−879	550−707	540−716	832−1067	895−1367	1026−1440
Ascorbic acid (mg)	41^abcd	28^aefg	32^bhij	47^ehkl	72^cfik	73^dgjl
Ascorbic acid (mg)	35−47	24−32	27−37	40−54	59−86	62−85

^a,b,c, Means with the same symbol differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05).

P/S: ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fat.