Table 2. Score for components of food intake, and percentage of older Chinese people with each score.
| Scores | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Components | Score Range | Subgroups | (-12)-(-11) | (-10)-(-9) | (-8)-(-7) | (-6)–(-5) | (-4)-(-3) | (-2)-(-1) | 0 | (1)-(2) | (3)-(4) | (5)-(6) | (7)-(8) | (9)-(10) | (11)-(12) |
| Cereals | (-12)-(12) | Cereals (%) | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 8.5 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 13.3 |
| Intake amount (g)* | <25 | 25–75 | 75–125 | 125–175 | 175–225 | 225–275 | 275–325 | 325–375 | 375–425 | 425–475 | 475–525 | 525–575 | >575 | ||
| Vegetables and fruits | (-6)-(0) | Vegetables (%) | 0.5 | 17.8 | 46.9 | 34.8 | |||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | <1 | 1–175 | 175–350 | ≥350 | |||||||||||
| (-6)-(0) | Fruits (%) | 69.4 | 16.8 | 8.8 | 5.0 | ||||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | <1 | 1–150 | 150–300 | ≥300 | |||||||||||
| Dairy, soybean and soybean products | (-6)-(0) | Dairy (%) | 92.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | 0–100 | 100–200 | 200–300 | ≥300 | |||||||||||
| (-6)-(0) | Soybean (%) | 37.7 | 4.0 | 9.1 | 49.2 | ||||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | <1 | 1–20 | 20–40 | ≥40 | |||||||||||
| Animal food | (-4)-(4) | Meat (%) | 20.4 | 10.9 | 28.1 | 20.3 | 20.4 | ||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | <1 | 1–25 | 25–75 | 75–125 | ≥125 | ||||||||||
| (-4)-(0) | Fish and shrimp (%) | 72.7 | 8.5 | 18.8 | |||||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | <45 | <75 | >75 | ||||||||||||
| (-4)-(4) | Egg (%) | 37.6 | 18.5 | 19.6 | 13.8 | 10.5 | |||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | <1 | 1–25 | 25–50 | 50–75 | ≥75 | ||||||||||
| Condiments and alcoholic beverage | (0)-(4) | Oil (%) | 35.1 | 42.1 | 22.8 | ||||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | ≤25 | 25–50 | >50 | ||||||||||||
| (0)-(4) | Salt (%) | 41.5 | 41.1 | 17.5 | |||||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | ≤6 | 6–12 | >12 | ||||||||||||
| (0)-(4) | Alcohol (%) | ||||||||||||||
| Men | 90.8 | 6.4 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||
| Women | 89.8 | 6.9 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | |||||||||||||||
| Men | ≤50 | 50–100 | ≥100 | ||||||||||||
| Women | ≤30 | 30–60 | ≥60 | ||||||||||||
| Dietary variety | (-12)-(0) | Dietary variety (%) | 0.1 | 4.1 | 24.6 | 43.1 | 23.9 | 4.0 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | For each food subgroup, score ‘0’ for consumption of greater than 25g (soybean is 5g), otherwise score is ‘-1’ | ||||||||||||||
| Drinking water | (-12)-(0) | Drinking water (%) | 19.7 | 10.2 | 23.1 | 17.3 | 13.0 | 0 | 16.7 | ||||||
| Intake amount (g)* | Score ‘0’ for consumption of greater than 1200ml, score ‘-12’ for consumption of less than 100ml. Score decreased 1 with intake amount decrease 100ml from 0 to -12 | ||||||||||||||
* Intake amount use energy intake of 2000kcal as the standard (details of DBI-07 has been described in He et al (2009)[10]).