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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2014 Oct 29;69(7):817–823. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.223

Table 3.

Average daily consumption of food groups (grams) of women at age 60-64 (2006-11), 53 (1999), 43 (1989) and 36 years (1982): all cohort members including non- consumers, mean, SDs and percentage consumers

Women (including non-consumers) 36y 43y 53y 60-64y p for trend
n=551 mean SD % cons mean SD % cons mean SD % cons mean SD % cons
Cereal and cereal products 214.4 95.3 99.8 212.9 82.4 100.0 221.6 83.6 99.8 199.0 72.4 100.0 <0.001
White Bread 60.2 50.0 88.2 48.9 42.2 82.6 48.7 40.7 86.2 28.4 30.4 72.4 <0.001
Brown and granary bread 10.7 24.7 28.9 14.5 25.2 41.0 14.4 25.3 40.1 12.1 21.0 40.3 <0.001
Whole meal bread 22.1 37.3 41.4 24.9 35.0 51.5 20.2 31.0 43.7 22.1 30.0 54.4 0.01
Other breads 3.5 12.7 27.8 3.8 9.4 24.3 7.3 21.0 30.7 9.6 17.5 43.7 <0.001
Pasta and pasta dishes 7.4 16.4 25.2 11.3 22.6 29.0 25.4 38.8 43.0 16.8 26.3 38.3 <0.001
Pizza 3.3 10.9 9.8 5.9 17.0 13.8 4.0 11.8 12.5 4.1 13.9 10.5 0.058
Rice and rice dishes 9.9 27.9 23.8 12.5 19.9 36.7 17.5 27.1 40.5 15.9 25.8 37.9 <0.001
Sweet cereal products (incl biscuits and puddings) 76.0 60.3 96.6 62.3 53.0 93.3 50.3 44.3 91.1 45.5 36.4 93.3 <0.001
Milk and milk products 254.5 131.0 100.0 294.0 142.7 99.8 320.5 156.3 99.8 291.9 142.3 99.8 <0.001
Whole milk 188.0 123.3 96.7 68.9 102.1 57.0 17.9 56.3 24.9 14.8 60.6 14.2 <0.001
Skimmed milk 11.1 46.0 12.9 68.4 119.8 40.1 70.9 139.9 35.0 52.3 98.5 36.7 <0.001
Semi-skimmed milk 86.8 133.3 47.7 153.1 142.7 78.0 126.4 130.6 79.3 <0.001
Ice-cream and dairy desserts 14.2 19.7 49.4 17.1 21.9 56.6 15.7 21.9 52.5 13.6 21.5 46.6 0.003
Yoghurt and drinking yoghurts 15.5 31.8 30.1 24.2 42.4 42.8 37.5 55.7 53.9 48.5 52.8 63.3 <0.001
Cheese 20.4 19.5 86.0 21.9 19.7 84.6 16.1 16.4 81.7 15.1 14.7 83.3 <0.001
Fats and Oils 22.7 11.8 99.1 19.9 10.6 97.5 16.8 10.8 94.6 16.3 10.2 98.5 <0.001
Butter 8.8 10.4 64.8 6.5 10.3 52.3 5.7 9.7 44.8 5.9 8.8 58.6 <0.001
Oils 3.6 4.5 62.8 0.2 0.8 9.8 1.0 1.9 43.7 2.3 2.9 72.6 <0.001
Plant based fats 6.1 8.3 54.4 11.9 10.4 78.4 10.0 9.8 74.4 7.9 8.6 71.7 <0.001
Meat and meat products 117.4 50.1 99.6 117.1 61.4 97.1 108.2 56.3 96.4 100.5 53.9 95.5 <0.001
Red meat 55.9 40.7 89.1 56.7 50.5 83.7 41.9 40.8 73.7 42.0 37.7 80.2 <0.001
White meat 16.5 23.3 47.2 19.7 22.9 65.7 38.4 37.9 76.2 32.4 34.0 71.9 <0.001
Processed meat 40.0 29.0 93.3 37.0 32.6 85.8 26.4 25.8 80.6 23.9 23.9 81.1 <0.001
Fish and fish products 23.9 25.6 67.2 27.2 29.0 72.2 29.3 26.8 78.4 36.1 29.5 82.6 <0.001
Oily fish and products 5.6 15.1 24.1 10.2 17.6 42.5 7.9 15.1 31.0 12.6 18.9 44.1 <0.001
White fish and products 16.8 20.8 51.7 13.9 20.2 41.9 18.3 21.2 61.0 18.8 22.2 58.8 <0.001
Vegetables excl potatoes 114.2 59.6 100.0 137.4 66.0 99.8 164.9 78.0 99.8 193.7 91.8 100.0 <0.001
Potato products 2.3 7.7 10.0 30.0 35.7 57.2 23.7 29.6 53.7 26.9 31.2 59.0 <0.001
Potatoes 103.2 70.3 94.7 74.4 49.8 91.1 78.1 49.0 92.0 73.1 45.5 94.2 <0.001
Pulses and baked beans 9.8 15.7 47.7 14.2 20.0 52.5 10.9 19.4 36.5 14.1 22.2 45.7 <0.001
Total fruit 85.4 75.9 91.3 113.7 102.2 91.8 186.4 136.3 94.9 170.1 112.1 98.0 <0.001
Nuts and seeds 2.5 7.6 30.9 3.0 6.8 37.7 3.9 15.0 35.2 6.0 11.0 45.7 <0.001
Sugar, preserves and confectionary 34.5 27.8 96.4 31.3 30.5 93.8 28.7 25.5 96.2 27.4 25.6 94.0 <0.001
Non-alcoholic drinks 533.1 350.5 100.0 1211.0 423.7 100.0 1412.8 499.5 100.0 1486.4 481.4 100.0 <0.001
Tea 451.2 357.0 89.5 528.5 441.5 88.4 605.8 436.7 88.2 636.2 399.8 90.4 <0.001
Coffee 14.6 38.1 93.8 441.7 366.9 89.1 353.8 342.6 85.8 295.1 293.2 84.0 <0.001
Water (still, tap, sparkling) 3.1 25.7 28.5 82.9 153.7 50.8 267.2 369.9 73.0 430.3 411.9 91.1 <0.001
Carbonated soft drinks 27.1 45.9 46.1 63.6 107.9 50.6 61.1 106.0 49.2 34.6 68.7 36.8 <0.001
Fruit based drinks 35.3 52.2 59.9 75.9 100.2 66.6 100.7 125.8 73.3 74.0 89.2 71.9 <0.001
Alcoholic beverages 89.5 159.9 62.4 96.5 141.8 68.6 109.2 143.2 73.0 120.5 160.7 69.1 <0.001
Beer 44.1 125.0 28.3 36.1 105.6 20.9 33.7 103.6 22.7 24.0 96.5 16.5 <0.001
Wine 34.5 77.4 32.3 48.3 77.6 48.6 67.6 90.8 58.4 90.5 127.9 58.6 <0.001
Spirits and liqueur 3.7 9.3 22.9 3.9 9.8 26.0 4.5 10.4 29.6 3.7 10.9 23.4 0.37

P for trend using Friedman Test (non-parametric, repeated measures)