Table 4.

Comparison of energy and nutrient intake (mean ± SD) of subjects being overweight/obese versus those being non-overweight/non-obese and of those being abdominally obese versus those being not abdominally obese

	Overweight/obesity				Abdominal obesity
	BMI < 25 kg/m2	BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2	crude analysis a	adjusted analysis b	WHtR < 0.5	WHtR ≥ 0.5	crude analysis a	adjusted analysis b
Men (n)	159	110			185	83
EI, MJ	10.9 ± 2.8	11.2 ± 2.5	0.376	0.070	10.9 ± 2.6	11.0 ± 2.7	0.803	0.054
EI, kJ/kg/day	158.4 ± 45.6	132.5 ± 29.0	<0.001	<0.001	154.2 ± 42.9	131.1 ± 29.5	<0.001	0.043
Energy from proteins, %	17.0 ± 4.7	16.5 ± 4.3	0.421	0.628	17.2 ± 4.5	15.9 ± 4.4	0.037	0.049
Energy from carbohydrates, %	43.7 ± 8.1	44.5 ± 8.4	0.460	0.105	44.0 ± 8.3	44.0 ± 8.1	0.997	0.136
Energy from total fat, %	37.4 ± 7.4	36.6 ± 8.1	0.435	0.271	37.1 ± 7.4	37.0 ± 8.4	0.916	0.442
Energy from SFA, %	5.7 ± 1.7	5.2 ± 1.5	0.011	0.159	5.7 ± 1.7	5.0 ± 1.5	0.002	0.131
Energy from alcohol, %	1.0 ± 2.6	1.3 ± 2.9	0.436	0.605	0.8 ± 2.4	1.7 ± 3.3	0.014	0.404
Women (n)	344	139			372	112
EI, MJ	8.9 ± 2.1	8.7 ± 1.8	0.583	0.984	8.9 ± 2.1	8.6 ± 1.8	0.262	0.777
EI, kJ/kg/day	157.3 ± 44.4	120.5 ± 25.5	<0.001	<0.001	154.7 ± 44.1	120.7 ± 28.1	<0.001	<0.001
Energy from proteins, %	16.8 ± 5.0	17.6 ± 5.3	0.121	0.145	16.8 ± 5.0	17.6 ± 5.5	0.148	0.248
Energy from carbohydrates, %	43.5 ± 8.1	41.5 ± 10.2	0.021	0.050	43.1 ± 8.3	42.3 ± 10.3	0.374	0.573
Energy from total fat, %	39.9 ± 7.9	40.0 ± 9.2	0.183	0.250	39.3 ± 8.0	38.9 ± 9.3	0.652	0.611
Energy from SFA, %	5.7 ± 1.7	5.9 ± 1.9	0.267	0.134	5.8 ± 1.8	5.7 ± 1.9	0.686	0.759
Energy from alcohol, %	0.5 ± 1.3	0.5 ± 1.4	0.747	0.652	0.4 ± 1.2	0.6 ± 1.5	0.142	0.580

^aDifferences between group means were tested by an unpaired Student's t-test.

^bDifferences between group means adjusted by confounding data (age, educational profile and professional profile) were tested by ANCOVA.