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. 2019 Feb 15;11(2):415. doi: 10.3390/nu11020415

Table 4.

Comparison of dietary fibre and whole grain (g/100 g) within whole grain (WG) and refined grain (RG) subcategories and dietary fibre between WG and RG categories.

Dietary Fibre (g/100 g) Whole Grain (g/100 g)
Mean ± SD Median Range Mean ± SD Median Range p-Value
Bread WG (n = 34) 6.1 ± 1.6 * 6.3 2.9–10.8 33.2 ± 18.4 23 14–70 <0.001
Bread RG (n = 29) 4.5 ± 2.9 * 3.2 1.6–15.8 1.6 ± 3.4 0.0 0–15 <0.001
Pasta RG (n = 32) 4.1 ± 0.8 3.6 3.5–6.4 0.3 ± 0.9 0.0 0–3.0 <0.001
Rice WG (n = 7) 3.0 ± 0.7 ** 3.2 1.8–4.1 96 ± 7.7 98 77–100 <0.001
Rice RG (n = 23) 1.4 ± 0.7 ** 1.3 0.3–3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 <0.001
Flour WG (n = 2) 8.9 ± 0.0 ** 8.9 8.8–8.9 98 ± 2.2 97.8 95.6–100 0.015
Flour RG (n = 6) 3.0 ± 0.7 ** 3.3 1.5–3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 <0.001
Breakfast cereal WG (n = 256) 9.9 ± 3.8 * 9.4 0–34.1 67 ± 23 68 19–100 <0.001
Breakfast cereal RG (n = 52) 7.3 ± 5.8 * 6.4 1.6–28 0 ± 3.0 0.0 0–21 <0.001
Total WG (n = 299) 9.3 ± 3.9 8.9 0–34.1 64 ± 25 66 14–100 <0.001
Total RG (n = 142) 4.9 ± 4.3 3.6 0.2–28 0.5 ± 2.4 0.0 0–21 <0.001

Independent samples t-test * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001 comparing dietary fibre (g/100 g) between RG and WG subcategories.