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. 2017 Aug 2;125(8):087002. doi: 10.1289/EHP41

Table 1.

Percent change in protein content by commodity class.

Commodity (n) Estimate [mean (95% CI)]
C3 grains (257) 8.14 (12.17, 4.1)
 Wheat (166) 7.78 (13.24, 2.32)
 Rice (66) 7.61 (11.53, 3.69)
 Barley (21) 14.05 (20.7, 7.39)
C4 grains (12) 2.07 (3.2, 7.35)
 Maize (8) 3.08 (5.19, 11.35)
 Sorghum (4) 0.26 (6.31, 6.84)
Root vegetable (15) 3.42 (8.61, 1.78)
 Potato (9) 6.38 (10.33, 2.42)
Pulses, legumes (26) 3.51 (8.05, 1.04)
 Peas (15) 1.69 (3.56, 0.18)
 Beans (7) 4.58 (12.37, 3.2)
 Chickpea (4) 13.47 (21.36, 5.58)
Oil crops (54) 0.78 (5.03, 3.47)
 Soy (44) 0.49 (2.92, 1.95)
 Rapeseed/mustard seed (5) 0.92 (8.9, 10.74)
C3 Vegetables (32) 17.29 (30.78, 3.8)
Fruit (5) 22.9 (54.04, 8.24)

Note: C3, crops with C3 photosynthesis; C4, crops with C4 photosynthesis; CI, confidence interval; n, number of experiments, where each treatment/cultivar/experiment was treated as a separate experiment, yet experiments at the same location for the same crop were grouped together.