. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Mar 11;101(5):1021–1028. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.099770

TABLE 3.

Population proportions of sodium consumed by selected food categories by selected race-ethnicity in US toddlers aged 12–23.9 mo: WWEIA, NHANES, United States, 2003–2010¹

	Non-Hispanic white		Non-Hispanic black		Mexican American

	Food category²	Values³	Food category²	Values³	Food category²	Values³
Rank
1	Milk	12.3 ± 0.7	Milk	9.7 ± 0.8	Milk	14.76 0.7
2	Cheese	6.3 ± 0.6	Pasta mixed dishes	8.0 ± 1.0	Soups	14.46 1.3
3	Pasta mixed dishes	5.56 0.8	Frankfurters and sausages	5.5 ± 0.8	Eggs and omelets	7.76 0.9
4	Breads and rolls	5.2 ± 0.5	Breads and rolls	4.5 ± 0.5	Frankfurters and sausages	3.6 ± 0.8
5	Frankfurters and sausages	4.4 ± 0.7	Eggs and omelets	3.86 0.6	Ready-to-eat cereals	3.4 ± 0.3
Sodium,⁴ mg/d	—	1716 ± 61^b	—	1882 ± 76^c	—	1532 ± 45^b,c
Energy,⁴ kcal/d	—	1263 ± 37^a	—	1356 ± 31^a,c	—	1218 ± 24^c
Sodium density,⁴ mg/1000 kcal	—	1351 ± 33^b	—	1375 ± 40^c	—	1261 ± 28^b,c
Unweighted sample size, n	—	385	—	275	—	393

The population proportion (%) of sodium consumed was defined as the sum of the amount of sodium consumed from each specific food category for all participants in the age and race/ethnic group divided by the sum of sodium consumed from all food categories for all participants in the age and race/ethnic group multiplied by 100.

Milk includes unflavored low-fat, nonfat, reduced fat, and whole milk. Cheese includes natural and processed cheese. The pasta mixed dishes category does not include macaroni and cheese, which are a separate category. Breads and rolls include yeast breads, rolls, and buns,

^a,b,c

P < 0.05 (t test): ^abetween Non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black; ^bbetween non-Hispanic white and Mexican American; ^cbetween non-Hispanic black and Mexican American.

WWEIA, What We Eat in America.

All values are percentages ± SEs.

⁴

All values are means ± SEs.