Table 6.

Comparison of intake of energy and nutrients ^# by age in females in the Chinese and Italian groups.

Energy and Nutrients	Females (10–17 Years)		Females (18–64 Years)		Females (65 Years and above)
	Chinese (N = 75)	Italian (N = 139)	Chinese (N = 1027)	Italian (N = 1245)	Chinese (N = 231)	Italian (N = 316)
Total energy, kcal	1549 ± 516	2091 ± 532 *	1845 ± 750	1939 ± 526 *	1613 ± 558	1834 ± 486 *
Carbohydrate, g	181.8 ± 82.5	263.1 ± 80.1 *	227.8 ± 118.8	236.5 ± 75.3 *	210.2 ± 89.3	233.7 ± 71.7 *
Protein, g	53.1 ± 17.9	81.8 ± 20.1 *	64.5 ± 29.6	76 ± 19.5 *	57.8 ± 23.5	71.4 ± 18.8 *
Fat, g	69.2 ± 30.2	86 ± 23.1 *	76.5 ± 38.5	79.1 ± 23.4 *	61.7 ± 31.2	69.6 ± 22.2 *
Fiber, g	6.8 ± 4.6	16.4 ± 5.8 *	10.7 ± 8.3	17.7 ± 6.3 *	10.0 ± 6.7	18.7 ± 6.7 *
Cholesterol, mg	283 ± 205	311 ± 144	304 ± 230	265 ± 125 *	239 ± 198	243 ± 106
% Total energy from
Carbohydrate, %	46.6 ± 12.3	46.8 ± 5.8	49.1 ± 12.3	45.5 ± 6.3 *	52.2 ± 13.0	47.8 ± 7.3
Protein, %	14.1 ± 4.0	15.8 ± 2.2 *	14.2 ± 3.9	15.9 ± 2.3 *	14.5 ± 3.9	15.7 ± 2.4 *
Fat, %	40.2 ± 11.5	37.2 ± 5 *	37.3 ± 11.3	36.8 ± 5.3	34.2 ± 11.7	34.1 ± 6.1
Minerals
Calcium, mg	339 ± 166	770 ± 280 *	415 ± 241	730 ± 277 *	409 ± 236	754 ± 290 *
Phosphorus, mg	712 ± 214	1252 ± 333 *	886 ± 391	1168 ± 312 *	818 ± 317	1117 ± 305 *
Potassium, mg	1241 ± 494	2737 ± 796 *	1621 ± 800	2861 ± 797 *	1515 ± 733	2822 ± 794 *
Magnesium, mg	199 ± 67	251 ± 91	259 ± 122	257 ± 74	245 ± 101	243 ± 66
Zinc, mg	7.9 ± 2.3	10.9 ± 3 *	10.0 ± 4.6	10.6 ± 3 *	8.9 ± 3.2	9.9 ± 2.9 *
Vitamins
Vitamin A, ug REs &	318 ± 221	751 ± 855 *	437 ± 471	818 ± 885 *	418 ± 450	773 ± 466 *
Vitamin B1, mg	0.64 ± 0.24	1 ± 0.32 *	0.79 ± 0.39	0.95 ± 0.32 *	0.68 ± 0.32	0.86 ± 0.26 *
Vitamin B2, mg	0.61 ± 0.22	1.42 ± 0.4 *	0.76 ± 0.42	1.38 ± 0.43 *	0.66 ± 0.33	1.31 ± 0.39 *
Vitamin C, mg	48 ± 40	128 ± 92 *	64 ± 47	123 ± 74 *	67 ± 52	127 ± 84 *
Vitamin E, mg	25.4 ± 16.2	11.8 ± 3.5 *	27.8 ± 16.3	11.9 ± 3.8 *	23.6 ± 12.7	10.9 ± 3.7 *

^# Mean ± SD; ^& REs: Retinol equivalents; * p < 0.04 after FDR adjustment, versus Chinese.