Table 4.

Dietary intake of participants derived from the BDHQ.

		Men				Women
Group		X	Y	Z		X	Y	Z
Age (years)		50-64	65-74	75+	p	50-64	65-74	75+	p
Energy (kcal)	M	1,835.35	1,935.84	1,910.59	.0845	1,579.20	1,645.70	2,041.72	.0004
	SD	624.57	520.27	541.31		543.10	532.71	551.52
Water (g)	M	2,150.75	1,934.77	2,030.32	.3690	1,647.32	1,736.17	2,080.96	.0014
	SD	631.11	461.96	523.31		572.25	514.32	581.29
Protein (g)	M	67.76	78.68	77.23	.3779	65.64	72.67	101.57	<.0001
	SD	23.11	28.69	27.14		24.13	28.62	31.13
Fat (g)	M	50.31	51.33	48.15	.7518	47.67	49.26	66.50	<.0001
	SD	15.50	16.05	16.27		18.51	20.36	23.15
Carbohydrates (g)	M	236.51	261.20	256.74	.5875	212.46	219.11	250.42	.0785
	SD	82.19	83.12	80.75		81.25	73.92	80.38
Saturated fatty acids (g)	M	12.44	13.43	12.52	.6624	13.21	13.30	16.71	.0159
	SD	4.59	4.52	4.57		5.84	5.69	6.08
Cholesterol (g)	M	389.70	381.37	417.60	.7652	331.82	389.82	550.77	<.0001
	SD	212.12	166.76	206.43		150.25	207.22	211.66
Soluble dietary fiber (g)	M	3.15	3.54	3.89	.2239	3.18	3.46	4.42	.0003
	SD	1.08	1.41	1.42		1.44	1.47	1.24
Insoluble dietary fiber (g)	M	8.30	9.77	10.76	.0562	8.66	9.60	12.01	<.0001
	SD	2.82	3.09	3.49		3.67	3.64	3.27
Total dietary fiber (g)	M	11.90	13.81	15.24	.0515	12.30	13.48	17.34	<.0001
	SD	3.82	4.65	5.09		5.30	5.26	4.71
Salt equivalent (g)	M	10.37	12.05	12.57	.1773	9.78	10.66	14.46	<.0001
	SD	2.73	4.10	3.95		3.19	3.56	3.54
Alcohol (g)	M	20.35	12.91	17.88	.5917	3.42	3.11	2.61	.9052
	SD	22.77	20.45	35.77		8.30	9.58	8.50
Omega-3 fatty acids (mg)	M	2.56	3.02	2.78	.4622	2.43	2.76	4.37	<.0001
	SD	0.92	1.46	1.22		1.09	1.40	1.79
Omega-6 fatty acids (mg)	M	10.41	10.10	9.49	.6228	8.93	9.13	12.28	<.0001
	SD	3.03	3.18	3.25		3.31	3.54	3.77

Note. BDHQ = Brief-Type Self-Administered Diet History Questionnaire. p values were derived using ANOVA.