Table 1.
Mean intake and 95% confidence interval of food intake (serving/day) of Canadians 6–79 y, by age-sex and income from the CHMS combined Cycles 1 and 2 (n=11,387, representative of population size: 29,625,300) (for meat and alternatives, only Cycle 2 was used; n=6,197, representative of population of 30,680,029).
| Meat and alternatives1
Mean (SE) (95% CI) |
Milk products Mean (SE) (95% CI) |
Vegetables and fruits Mean (SE) (95% CI) |
Grains Mean (SE) (95% CI) |
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| Total | 1.62 (0.03) (1.55–1.7) | 1.64 (0.03) (1.57–1.71) | 4.33 (0.05) (4.23–4.42) | 2.17 (0.02) (2.12–2.21) |
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| Age-sex | ||||
| 6–8 (M, F) | 1.38 (0.033) (1.30–1.45) | 3.01 (0.06) (2.88–3.14) | 4.65 (0.10) (4.43–4.86) | 2.50 (0.05) (2.40–2.60) |
| 9–13 (M) | 1.34 (0.05) (1.24–1.44) | 2.68 (0.07) (2.53–2.83)∗'‡ | 4.37 (0.12) (4.13–4.61) | 2.51 (0.05) (2.4–2.61) |
| 9–13 (F) | 1.30 (0.06) (1.17–1.42) | 2.38 (0.06) (2.25–2.51)‡ | 4.70 (0.12) (4.44–4.95) | 2.41 (0.05) (2.31–2.52) |
| 14–18 (M) | 1.51 (0.07) (1.36–1.66) | 2.4 (0.1) (2.2–2.61)∗ | 3.99 (0.12) (3.76–4.23) | 2.54 (0.07) (2.32–2.6)∗ |
| 14–18 (F) | 1.33 (0.08) (1.17–1.50) | 1.87 (0.09) (1.69–2.05)‡ | 4.38 (0.11) (4.15–4.61) | 2.18 (0.06) (2.06–2.29)‡ |
| 19–30 (M) | 1.92 (0.13) (1.65–2.20)∗ | 1.67 (0.11) (1.44–1.90)‡ | 4.08 (0.18) (3.71–4.45) | 2.42 (0.08) (2.26–2.58) |
| 19–30 (F) | 1.44 (0.06) (1.30–1.58) | 1.71 (0.07) (1.56–1.86) | 4.30 (0.14) (4.02–4.58) | 2.19 (0.05) (2.09–2.30) |
| 31–50 (M) | 1.77 (0.07) (1.61–1.92) | 1.32 (0.04) (1.24–1.41)‡'∗ | 3.87 (0.08) (3.70–4.04)∗ | 2.13 (0.04) (2.04–2.22)‡ |
| 31–50 (F) | 1.67 (0.09) (1.48–1.86) | 1.55 (0.06) (1.42–1.68) | 4.63 (0.10) (4.43–4.84) | 2.06 (0.05) (1.95–2.17) |
| 51–69 (M) | 1.70 (0.05) (1.58–1.80) | 1.20 (0.05) (1.11–1.29)∗ | 4.13 (0.10) (3.93–4.33)∗ | 2.07 (0.05) (1.97–2.18) |
| 51–69 (F) | 1.63 (0.07) (1.49–1.78) | 1.50 (0.05) (1.40–1.61) | 4.59 (0.11) (4.37–4.81) | 1.96 (0.04) (1.87–2.04) |
| 70–79 (M) | 1.51 (0.05) (1.40–1.62) | 1.45 (0.08) (1.28–1.62) | 4.50 (0.09) (4.32–4.69) | 2.19 (0.07) (2.05–2.33) |
| 70–79 (F) | 1.57 (0.08) (1.39–1.74) | 1.62 (0.11) (1.39–1.84) | 5.05(0.23) (4.57–5.53)‡ | 2.06 (0.09) (1.87–2.24) |
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| Income (6–18 y) | ||||
| Low | 1.20 (0.18) (0.82–1.59) | 2.54 (0.19) (2.14–2.94) | 4.63 (0.65) (3.30–5.97) | 2.34 (0.32) (1.69–2.99) |
| Lower middle | 1.41 (0.09) (1.21–1.61) | 2.25 (0.15) (1.94–2.56) | 4.12 (0.24) (3.62–4.62) | 2.53 (0.07) (2.39–2.67) |
| Middle | 1.47 (0.04) (1.39–1.56) | 2.47 (0.08) (2.30–2.64) | 4.20 (0.12) (3.94–4.45)∗ | 2.52 (0.05) (2.41–2.62) |
| Upper middle | 1.36 (0.05) (1.25–1.48) | 2.32 (0.06) (2.20–2.46) | 4.25 (0.14) (3.97–4.53) | 2.37 (0.05) (2.27–2.47) |
| High† | 1.34 (0.05) (1.25–1.44) | 2.55 (0.07) (2.41–2.69) | 4.60 (0.07) (4.45–4.74) | 2.38 (0.04) (2.31–2.46) |
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| Income (19–79 y) | ||||
| Low | 1.36 (0.15) (1.04–1.69) | 1.49 (0.20) (1.08–1.90) | 4.02 (0.34) (3.32–4.72) | 2.09 (0.17) (1.74–2.44) |
| Lower middle | 1.61 (0.09) (1.41–1.80) | 1.49 (0.17) (1.14–1.84) | 3.98 (0.25) (3.47–4.49) | 2.39 (0.14) (2.10–2.67) |
| Middle | 1.66 (0.11) (1.42–1.90) | 1.44 (0.09) (1.27–1.62) | 3.99 (0.12) (3.75–4.23)∗ | 2.20 (0.04) (2.11–2.29) |
| Upper middle | 1.61 (0.06) (1.48–1.74) | 1.46 (0.05) (1.37–1.55) | 4.31 (0.08) (4.14–4.48) | 2.12 (0.04) (2.03–2.18) |
| High† | 1.74 (0.04) (1.66–1.83) | 1.49 (0.03) (1.42–1.56) | 4.44 (0.07) (4.28–4.59) | 2.08 (0.03) (2.02–2.14) |
CHMS: Canadian Health Measures Survey combined Cycles 1 and 2 (2007–11); CI: confidence interval; M: males; F: females; SE: standard error; y: years. 1For the Meat and Alternatives group, data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey Cycle 2 were used and ages 4–79 were included. ∗Significantly different from females of the same age group for the age-sex variable or from the reference group for income variable (p < 0.05). †Reference group. ‡Significantly different from similar sex within the previous age group (p < 0.05).