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. 2018 Sep 22;148(11):1776–1785. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy185

TABLE 2.

Participants’ nutritional characteristics and physical activity scores grouped by adiposity and BMI1

Adiposity BMI
Normal adiposity, n = 18 High adiposity, n = 32 Normal weight, n = 15 Overweight, n = 19 Obese, n = 16
Daily nutritional intake
 Energy intake, kcal/d 1942 ± 371 2021 ± 402 1866 ± 298 2013 ± 368 2087 ± 473
 Metabolic, balance, kcal/d −6 ± 263 −38 ± 352 105 ± 249b 5 ± 362a,b −186 ± 273a
 Carbohydrate, g/d 222 ± 49 234 ± 60 216 ± 46 238 ± 59 233 ± 62
 Protein, g/d 77 ± 17 91 ± 21* 77 ± 15 90 ± 22 89 ± 22
 Fat, g/d 71 ± 16 73 ± 19 70 ± 15 70 ± 17 76 ± 22
 Saturated fat, g/d 26 ± 7 26 ± 9 27 ± 7 24 ± 8 28 ± 10
 Monounsaturated fat, g/d 25 ± 7 26 ± 9 24 ± 6 24 ± 7 27 ± 10
 Polyunsaturated fat, g/d 12 ± 5 13 ± 4 11 ± 4 13 ± 4 13 ± 5
trans Fat, g/d 0.8 ± 0.4 0.8 ± 0.4 0.8 ± 0.4 0.7 ± 0.4 0.9 ± 0.4
 ω-3 FAs, g/d 1.8 ± 2.1 1.2 ± 0.9 1.6 ± 2.0 1.2 ± 0.8 1.6 ± 1.7
 ω-6 FAs, g/d 5.7 ± 2.4 6.1 ± 3.9 5.3 ± 2.1 6.5 ± 4.6 5.9 ± 2.7
 Vitamin D, µg/d 7.1 ± 12.1 4.4 ± 3.4 7.2 ± 12.8 4.8 ± 4.0 4.3 ± 4.1
 Vitamin E, mg/d 9.5 ± 4.1 11.1 ± 4.0 10.4 ± 3.9 11.0 ± 4.8 10.2 ± 3.4
 Calcium, g/d 0.96 ± 0.26 1.05 ± 0.33 0.95 ± 0.21 0.11 ± 0.38 0.99 ± 0.27
 Zinc, mg/d 9.0 ± 1.9 10.6 ± 2.8 9.6 ± 2.5 10.0 ± 2.5 10.5 ± 3.0
 Vitamin B-12, µg/d 5.6 ± 2.9 6.5 ± 6.3 5.3 ± 2.2 6.8 ± 7.7 6.2 ± 4.0
Physical activity score
 Work 2.6 ± 0.5 2.6 ± 0.3 2.5 ± 0.4 2.5 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.4
 Sport 2.4 ± 0.7 2.3 ± 0.5 2.4 ± 0.6 2.4 ± 0.4 2.2 ± 0.7
 Leisure 2.8 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 0.5 2.6 ± 0.4 3.0 ± 0.6 2.8 ± 0.5
 Global index 7.8 ± 0.8 7.7 ± 0.8 7.5 ± 0.7 7.9 ± 0.6 7.8 ± 1.1

1Values are means ± SDs. Labeled BMI classification means in a row without a common superscript letter differ, P < 0.05. *Different from normal adiposity, P < 0.05.