Table 3.
Adjusted means of nutrient intake by the number of teeth (brackets contain 95% confidence intervals)
| Number of teeth | Trend p value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
| Total energy, kcal | 1908 (1866–1949) | 1915 (1873–1956) | 1948 (1909–1988) | 1914 (1874–1953) | 0.61 |
| Carbohydrate, g | 276.8 (270.3–283.3) | 274.3 (267.9–280.8) | 272.5 (266.3–278.7) | 271.3 (265.1–277.4) | 0.20 |
| Dietary fiber, g | 16.3 (15.7–17.0) | 17.0 (16.4–17.6) | 17.5 (16.9–18.2) | 17.3 (16.7–17.9) | 0.01 |
| Protein, g | 70.0 (68.1–71.8) | 70.9 (69.0–72.8) | 74.0 (72.3–75.8) | 72.5 (70.7–74.3) | 0.01 |
| Animal protein, g | 34.8 (33.3–36.3) | 36.2 (34.7–37.7) | 39.4 (37.9–40.8) | 38.0 (36.5–39.4) | < 0.01 |
| Vegetable protein, g | 35.1 (34.2–36.1) | 34.7 (33.7–35.6) | 34.7 (33.8–35.6) | 34.5 (33.6–35.4) | 0.39 |
| Fat, g | 49.7 (47.9–51.5) | 51.1 (49.3–52.9) | 53.2 (51.4–54.9) | 51.3 (49.6–53.0) | 0.11 |
| SFA, g | 13.0 (12.5–13.6) | 13.5 (12.9–14.0) | 13.9 (13.3–14.4) | 13.4 (12.8–13.9) | 0.28 |
| MUFA, g | 16.3 (15.6–17.0) | 17.0 (16.3–17.7) | 17.6 (17.0–18.3) | 17.2 (16.6–17.9) | 0.04 |
| PUFA, g | 11.7 (11.2–12.2) | 11.9 (11.4–12.4) | 12.0 (11.5–12.4) | 11.9 (11.4–12.3) | 0.66 |
| Sodium, mg | 4422 (4269–4574) | 4451 (4300–4603) | 4584 (4438–4729) | 4386 (4242–4530) | 0.98 |
| Potassium, mg | 2460 (2377–2543) | 2602 (2519–2685) | 2685 (2605–2764) | 2639 (2560–2718) | < 0.01 |
| Calcium, mg | 565 (539–590) | 582 (557–608) | 612 (588–637) | 592 (568–616) | 0.06 |
| Magnesium, mg | 266 (257–274) | 276 (267–284) | 284 (276–293) | 279 (271–287) | 0.01 |
| Iron, mg | 8.5 (8.3–8.8) | 8.7 (8.4–9.0) | 9.1 (8.8–9.4) | 8.9 (8.6–9.2) | 0.04 |
| Zinc, mg | 7.9 (7.7–8.1) | 8.1 (7.8–8.3) | 8.3 (8.1–8.5) | 8.2 (8.0–8.5) | < 0.01 |
| Vitamin A, μgRE | 528 (478–579) | 572 (522–623) | 629 (580–677) | 627 (579–675) | < 0.01 |
| β-carotene, μg | 4306 (3976–4636) | 4764 (4436–5093) | 5072 (4757–5387) | 5048 (4735–5360) | < 0.01 |
| Vitamin D, μg | 9.1 (8.3–9.9) | 9.1 (8.3–10.0) | 9.7 (8.9–10.5) | 9.4 (8.6–10.2) | 0.46 |
| Vitamin E, mg | 8.7 (7.0–10.5) | 8.6 (6.9–10.4) | 11.2 (9.5–12.9) | 11.4 (9.7–13.1) | < 0.01 |
| Vitamin K, μg | 266 (248–284) | 272 (254–290) | 282 (265–299) | 287 (270–304) | 0.07 |
| Vitamin B1, mg | 1.73 (0.91–2.55) | 2.08 (1.26–2.89) | 2.32 (1.54–3.11) | 2.92 (2.14–3.70) | 0.04 |
| Vitamin B2, mg | 1.58 (1.11–2.05) | 1.58 (1.11–2.05) | 1.86 (1.41–2.31) | 2.09 (1.65–2.54) | 0.08 |
| Vitamin B6, mg | 1.76 (0.91–2.60) | 2.47 (1.63–3.31) | 2.79 (1.98–3.59) | 3.43 (2.63–4.23) | < 0.01 |
| Vitamin B12, μg | 6.9 (6.3–7.5) | 7.0 (6.4–7.6) | 7.3 (6.7–7.9) | 7.6 (7.0–8.2) | 0.08 |
| Folic acid, μg | 327 (313–341) | 349 (335–363) | 356 (343–369) | 360 (347–373) | < 0.01 |
| Vitamin C, mg | 133 (120–146) | 135 (122–147) | 149 (137–162) | 146 (134–158) | 0.07 |
Age, sex, smoking status, and the use of antidiabetic medications were adjusted