Table 2.

Distribution of daily nutrient intake estimated with food frequency questionnaire by reported daily eating frequency in men and women aged 45-75, EPIC-Norfolk 1993-7. Values are mean (SD) unless otherwise stated

	Eating frequency (No of times a day)					P value*
	1 or 2	3	4	5	6 or more
Men	(n=353)	(n=2176)	(n=2525)	(n=1211)	(n=625)
Energy (kjoule/day)	8225 (2602)	8482 (2316)	9342 (2579)	9972 (2684)	10 639 (2 899)	<0.001
Fat (g/day)	73.2 (30.6)	75.1 (28.0)	85.0 (31.0)	91.4 (31.9)	100.0 (35.4)	<0.001
Saturated fatty acids (g/day)	28.6 (13.3)	29.0 (12.7)	33.0 (13.7)	35.0 (13.8)	39.0 (15.9)	<0.001
Monounsaturated fatty acids (g/day)	25.9 (11.5)	26.4 (10.5)	30.0 (11.6)	32.3 (12.1)	35.6 (13.4)	<0.001
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (g/day)	12.4 (6.1)	13.2 (6.0)	15.0 (6.9)	16.4 (7.2)	17.5 (7.9)	<0.001
Polyunsaturated:saturated ratio	0.47 (0.20)	0.50 (0.23)	0.50 (0.23)	0.50 (0.21)	0.49 (0.22)	<0.001
Protein (g/day)	77.2 (23.3)	82.0 (21.5)	86.3 (21.4)	88.5 (21.2)	92.2 (22.2)	<0.001
Carbohydrate (g/day)	224.8 (84.2)	241.1 (73.8)	275.6 (83.4)	299.4 (88.8)	319.1 (96.1)	<0.001
Women	(n=362)	(n=2182)	(n=2877)	(n=1511)	(n=844)
Energy (kjoule/day)	7577 (2390)	7474 (2017)	8054 (2210)	8594 (2222)	9 262 (2 520)	<0.001
Fat (g/day)	68.1 (28.6)	64.1 (24.2)	70.6 (26.4)	75.9 (27.0)	83.1 (29.8)	<0.001
Saturated fatty acids (g/day)	26.1 (12.4)	24.2 (11.0)	27.0 (11.5)	28.6 (12.0)	31.1 (12.6)	<0.001
Monounsaturated fatty acids (g/day)	23.6 (11.2)	22.0 (8.9)	24.2 (9.7)	26.3 (10.1)	28.7 (11.1)	<0.001
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (g/day)	12.0 (5.6)	11.5 (5.2)	12.8 (6.0)	13.6 (6.0)	15.2 (7.0)	<0.001
Polyunsaturated:saturated ratio	0.50 (0.20)	0.52 (0.22)	0.52 (0.22)	0.52 (0.22)	0.53 (0.22)	<0.001
Protein (g/day)	75.8 (20.8)	78.2 (19.3)	81.8 (20.3)	84.2 (20.3)	88.3 (22.5)	<0.001
Carbohydrate (g/day)	221.0 (80.7)	222.2 (67.0)	243.0 (72.8)	263.2 (73.5)	285.0 (83.8)	<0.001

^*P value for linear trend using analysis of variance.