Table 2.

Nutritional intake of men and women.

	Men (n = 225)a	Women (n = 242)a	p-value
Calcium (mg/day)	378.0 ± 176.0	295.9 ± 175.9	<0.0001
Phosphorus (mg/day)	836.4 ± 275.4	620.2 ± 243.4	<0.0001
Iron (mg/day)	37.2 ± 25.8	25.0 ± 16.5	<0.0001
Zinc (mg/day)	9.3 ± 3.0	7.0 ± 2.8	<0.0001
Dietary fibres (mg/day)	44.4 ± 14.2	33.9 ± 12.4	<0.0001
Phytate (g/day)	1.3 ± 0.5	1.0 ± 0.4	<0.0001
Potassium (mg/day)	2,409.0 ± 868.9	1,800.1 ± 705.4	<0.0001
Magnesium (mg/day)	527.3 ± 192.9	388.4 ± 150.4	<0.0001

Values are mean ± SD.

Bold indicates significance.

Dietary intakes were estimated from 2-day weighed diet diaries, and intakes calculated from Gambian food tables.

^a21 participants did not have dietary information available.