Table 2.
Energy and macronutrient in takesa reported at age 15y, and at young adulthood (mean age 22.0y).
| Males (n 245) | Females (n 231) | |||||||
| Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Energy (MJ/d) | 13.5 | 3.2 | 13.0* | 3.5 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 8.3*** | 2.4 |
| Protein (g/d) | 95.0 | 25.6 | 101.2** | 27.9 | 63.9 | 18.6 | 68.5** | 21.4 |
| % energy from protein | 12.0 | 1.9 | 12.6*** | 2.3 | 11.6 | 2.1 | 13.4*** | 2.9 |
| Total fat (g/d) | 137.1 | 38.5 | 113.2*** | 38.3 | 96.8 | 30.3 | 73.3*** | 25.0 |
| % energy from fat | 37.4 | 4.3 | 32.1*** | 5.5 | 37.7 | 4.3 | 32.5*** | 6.0 |
| Carbohydrate (g/d) | 411.6 | 100.3 | 368.6*** | 110.5 | 289.6 | 82.2 | 253.6*** | 87.1 |
| % energy from carbohydrate | 48.8 | 4.6 | 45.7*** | 7.2 | 49.2 | 4.9 | 49.1NS | 6.5 |
a At both timepoints, energy and macronutrient intakes were assessed using the diet history method.
For each sex, differences between variables measured at age 15y and young adulthood were assessed using paired t-tests. *** P < 0.001 ** P < 0.01 NS not significant