Table 3.
Number (%) of food items in each portion size category by the ratio of the values of the newly determined gender specific-portion sizes relative to the values of the original-portion sizes (expressed as a percentage) of the Multiethnic Cohort quantitative food frequency questionnaire.1.
| Original Portion Size Category | % of Gender Specific-Portion Size Values to Original-Portion Size Values | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <50% | 50%–70% | 70%–90% | 90%–110% | 110%–130% | 130%–150% | >150% | |
| Men | |||||||
| A | 1 (0.6) | 6 (3.7) | 12 (7.4) | 50 (30.7) | 16 (9.8) | 26 (16.0) | 52 (31.9) |
| B | 10 (6.1) | 27 (16.6) | 32 (19.6) | 68 (41.7) | 21 (12.9) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (1.8) |
| C | 31 (19.6) | 50 (31.7) | 35 (22.2) | 36 (22.8) | 6 (3.8) | - | - |
| D | 2 (28.6) | - | 2 (28.6) | 3 (42.9) | - | - | - |
| Overall | 44 (9.0) | 83 (16.9) | 81 (16.5) | 157 (32.0) | 43 (8.8) | 28 (5.7) | 55 (11.2) |
| Women | |||||||
| A | - | 14 (8.6) | 16 (9.8) | 50 (30.7) | 14 (8.6) | 27 (16.6) | 42 (25.8) |
| B | 12 (7.4) | 36 (22.1) | 38 (23.3) | 67 (41.1) | 5 (3.1) | 3 (1.8) | 2 (1.2) |
| C | 38 (24.1) | 62 (39.2) | 28 (17.7) | 30 (19.0) | - | - | - |
| D | 2 (28.6) | 1 (14.3) | 1 (14.3) | 3 (42.9) | - | - | - |
| Overall | 52 (10.6) | 113 (23.0) | 83 (16.9) | 150 (30.5) | 19 (3.9) | 30 (6.1) | 44 (9.0) |
1 Distributions between men and women are significantly different by chi-square test (p = 0.0136).