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. 2018 Oct;47(10):1583–1592.

Table 4:

Energy and macronutrient intake of men and women in different subgroups of anthropometric measures

BMI Abdominal obesity
BMI<25 BMI≥25 P-value* CI<0.5 CI≥0.5 P-value*
Men
Energy intake (Kcal/day) 3695±956 3468±942 0.18 3719±966 3558±960 0.11
Energy intake from carbohydrate (%) 48.6±8.3 50.5±8.5 0.14 51.6±5.2 55.1±7.9 0.03
Energy intake from protein (%) 19.2±3.4 19.5±3.0 0.40 20.3±2.2 19.3±3.3 0.04
Energy intake from fat (%) 32.2±7.1 30±7.0 0.04 28.4±5.4 25.6±7.3 0.11
Women
Energy intake (Kcal/day) 2941±755 3115±825 0.28 3090±768 3020±723 0.60
Energy intake from carbohydrate (%) 49.4±8.0 51.8±9.4 0.12 49.3±8.4 48.4±7.9 0.41
Energy intake from protein (%) 18.9±3.0 19.1±3.2 0.60 19.1±3.0 18.7±3.4 0.45
Energy intake from fat (%) 31.7±7.3 29.1±8.3 0.048 31.6±8.5 32.9±6.7 0.15

BMI: Body Mass Index; CI: Conicity Index //

*

ANCOVA, adjusted for age, employment status, marital status, education, residential place, smoking habit, physical activity and number of kids