Table 1. Chocolate consumption in g/day for the study participants in the ENRICA cohort study (2008–2010) by type of chocolate, among chocolate consumers.
Total (n = 1272) | Men (n = 528) | Women (n = 744) | ||||
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Types of chocolate | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Milk chocolate bars | 8.0 | 25.3 | 8.3 | 31.1 | 7.8 | 20.3 |
Dark chocolate bars | 5.0 | 12.8 | 4.6 | 12.5 | 5.1 | 13.0 |
Unspecified chocolate | 3.2 | 15.4 | 4.2 | 19.8 | 2.5 | 11.1 |
Milk chocolate bars with nuts | 3.0 | 10.7 | 3.3 | 10.4 | 2.7 | 10.9 |
Thick hot chocolate | 1.7 | 12.3 | 1.6 | 13.6 | 1.7 | 11.2 |
Dark chocolate bars with nuts | 0.9 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
Bonbons | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
Candy bars (e.g., Kit-Kat) | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
White chocolate bars | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
Candy bars (e.g.,Mars, Snickers) | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
Chocolate for melting | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
Truffles | 0.1 | 0.7 | — | — | 0.1 | 1.0 |
Total | 23.2 | 22.1 | 24.7 | 38.2 | 22.2 | 27.0 |
SD: Standard Deviation