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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2015 Sep 21;136(4):664–671. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-1709

Table 1.

Percent of total fruit intake by form (whole, 100% juice, mixed dish) and selected characteristics: US youth aged 2–19 y, 2011–2012

Fruit form

n1 Whole fruit 100% fruit juice Mixed dishes and fruit drinks

Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Overall 3129 52.94 1.85 33.51 1.64 13.54 0.98
Age, y
 2–5 828 48.84 2.69 40.85 2.65 10.31 0.76
 6–11 1148 57.21a 2.10 28.15a 2.16 14.64a 1.88
 12–19 1153 51.85 3.37 33.29 3.54 14.86a 2.11
Sex
 Male 1582 52.33 2.18 35.03 2.04 12.65 1.24
 Female 1547 53.72 2.51 31.60 2.40 14.67 1.34
Race/Hispanic origin2
 Non-Hispanic white 689 54.58 3.79 30.68 3.21 14.74 1.85
 Non-Hispanic black 936 42.81b 2.62 42.50 b 2.17 14.69 1.57
 All Hispanic 966 54.59 c 2.84 34.80 c 2.26 10.61b,c 1.02
 Non-Hispanic Asian 370 59.98 c 6.68 29.47 c 5.39 10.54 1.76
Poverty status
 ≤130% 1411 51.10 1.77 34.13 1.51 14.77 1.45
 >130% 1494 54.56 2.59 32.61 2.70 12.84 1.40
1

Unweighted sample size includes responses from all reliable and complete recalls.

2

Other race category not shown (n=168).

All statistical tests performed using adjusted Wald tests, (P < 0.05).

a

Significantly different from 2–5 yr.

b

Significantly different from non-Hispanic white.

c

Significantly different from non-Hispanic black.

SOURCE: NHANES