Table 3. Dietary intakes by age group and gender.
Age, years | Total | Good dietary intake | Poor dietary intake | |||
n | % | n | % | |||
Men | ≥65 | 1,628 | 1,105 | 67.9 | 523 | 32.1 |
<65 | 874 | 403 | 46.1 | 471 | 53.9 | |
Total | 2,502 | 1,508 | 60.3 | 994 | 39.7 | |
Women | ≥65 | 2,232 | 1,782 | 79.8 | 450 | 20.2 |
<65 | 1,990 | 1,308 | 65.7 | 682 | 34.3 | |
Total | 4,222 | 3,090 | 73.2 | 1,132 | 26.8 |
Participants who fulfilled the following criteria were considered as having good dietary intake: staple food item intake ≥three times a day; meat, fish and shellfish, eggs, or soybean products ≥twice a day; vegetables ≥twice a day; and fruit or dairy products ≥once a day.
All remaining participants were categorized as having poor dietary intake.