Table 3.

Food sources of daily cholesterol intake (mg/day) by age among Chinese adults younger than 60 years from 1991 to 2011*^,†

	1991					2000					2011
	Mean	SE	Rank	Total, %	Cumulative, %	Mean	SE	Rank	Total, %	Cumulative, %	Mean	SE	Rank	Total, %	Cumulative, %
Age group (18–39)
Eggs	71.9	14.4	1	43.4	43.4	122.9	14.5	1	53.5	53.5	141.5	14.5	1	53.7	53.7
Pork	44.8	6.0	2	27.1	70.5	51.9	6.0	2	22.6	76.1	57.3	6.0	2	21.8	75.5
Fish and shellfish	16.4	3.6	3	9.9	80.4	19.2	3.6	3	8.4	84.5	22.0	3.6	3	8.3	83.8
Animal fat	12.0	2.4	4	7.2	87.6	8.2	2.4	5	3.6	88.1	3.4	2.3	7	1.3	86.1
Organ meats	8.8	1.6	5	5.3	92.9	7.7	1.6	6	3.3	91.5	6.4	1.1	6	2.4	87.5
Poultry	4.3	1.0	6	2.6	95.5	6.5	1.0	7	2.8	94.3	8.3	1.0	5	3.2	90.7
Beef	4.1	1.6	7	2.5	98.0	8.4	1.6	4	3.7	98.0	12.1	1.6	4	4.6	95.3
Milks	2.1	0.9	8	1.3	99.3	2.3	0.9	8	1.0	98.9	3.2	0.9	8	1.2	96.5
Age group (40–59)
Eggs	77.7	13.9	1	46.4	46.4	128.0	13.8	1	55.4	55.4	155.7	13.7	1	57.8	57.8
Pork	44.7	6.2	2	26.7	73.1	50.9	6.2	2	22.0	77.4	56.8	6.2	2	21.1	78.9
Fish and shellfish	16.6	4.5	3	9.9	83.0	21.0	4.5	3	9.1	86.5	25.4	4.5	3	9.4	88.3
Animal fat	10.3	2.2	4	6.2	89.2	6.8	2.2	6	2.9	89.4	2.1	2.2	8	0.8	89.1
Organ meats	7.6	1.2	5	4.5	93.7	7.3	1.1	5	3.2	92.6	6.2	1.6	5	2.3	91.4
Poultry	3.6	1.6	6	2.2	95.9	7.9	1.6	4	3.4	96.0	9.0	1.6	4	3.4	94.8
Beef	3.4	1.0	7	2.0	97.9	5.5	0.9	7	2.4	98.4	5.5	0.9	6	2.0	96.8
Milks	2.7	1.0	8	1.6	99.5	2.8	1.0	8	1.2	99.6	3.2	0.9	7	1.2	98.0

*Significant trend in each subgroup across the survey years (p<0.0001; test for trend).

†Values adjusted for age, sex and urbanisation.