Table 3.
SFA intake (grams and percentage of energy (%E)) in Korean adults from 2007 to 2015 by sex and age group*. Data from the fourth (2007–2009), fifth (2010–2012) and sixth (2013–2015) Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
| SFA (g) | SFA (%E) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–2009 | 2010–2012 | 2013–2015 | 2007–2009 | 2010–2012 | 2013–2015 | |||||||||
| Mean | se | Mean | se | Mean | se | P trend† | Mean | se | Mean | se | Mean | se | P trend† | |
| Total | 9·9 | 0·1 | 11·7 | 0·1 | 12·0 | 0·1 | <0·0001 | 4·7 | 0·03 | 5·1 | 0·04 | 5·3 | 0·03 | <0·0001 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Male | 11·8 | 0·2 | 14·0 | 0·2 | 14·0 | 0·2 | <0·0001 | 5·0 | 0·05 | 5·4 | 0·05 | 5·5 | 0·05 | <0·0001 |
| Female | 7·8 | 0·1 | 9·4 | 0·1 | 10·0 | 0·1 | <0·0001 | 4·5 | 0·04 | 4·9 | 0·04 | 5·2 | 0·04 | <0·0001 |
| Age | ||||||||||||||
| 19–29 years | 14·9 | 0·3 | 17·7 | 0·4 | 17·7 | 0·3 | <0·0001 | 6·9 | 0·1 | 7·5 | 0·1 | 7·6 | 0·1 | <0·0001 |
| 30–49 years | 12·3 | 0·2 | 14·3 | 0·2 | 14·7 | 0·2 | <0·0001 | 5·6 | 0·1 | 6·0 | 0·1 | 6·3 | 0·1 | <0·0001 |
| 50–64 years | 8·9 | 0·1 | 10·2 | 0·2 | 10·8 | 0·2 | <0·0001 | 4·2 | 0·1 | 4·6 | 0·1 | 4·8 | 0·1 | <0·0001 |
| ≥65 years | 6·1 | 0·1 | 6·8 | 0·1 | 7·0 | 0·1 | <0·0001 | 3·3 | 0·1 | 3·5 | 0·1 | 3·6 | 0·1 | 0·0002 |
| Sex×age | ||||||||||||||
| Male, 19–29 years | 17·7 | 0·5 | 20·4 | 0·6 | 20·3 | 0·5 | 0·0006 | 7·0 | 0·1 | 7·4 | 0·2 | 7·6 | 0·1 | 0·0016 |
| Male, 30–49 years | 14·9 | 0·2 | 17·3 | 0·3 | 17·3 | 0·3 | <0·0001 | 5·9 | 0·1 | 6·3 | 0·1 | 6·5 | 0·1 | <0·0001 |
| Male, 50–64 years | 10·7 | 0·2 | 12·3 | 0·2 | 12·7 | 0·3 | <0·0001 | 4·5 | 0·1 | 4·9 | 0·1 | 5·0 | 0·1 | <0·0001 |
| Male, ≥65 years | 7·3 | 0·2 | 8·5 | 0·2 | 8·3 | 0·2 | 0·0011 | 3·6 | 0·1 | 3·9 | 0·1 | 3·9 | 0·1 | 0·0227 |
| Female, 19–29 years | 12·2 | 0·3 | 15·1 | 0·4 | 15·1 | 0·3 | <0·0001 | 6·8 | 0·1 | 7·6 | 0·1 | 7·5 | 0·1 | 0·0002 |
| Female, 30–49 years | 9·7 | 0·1 | 11·3 | 0·2 | 12·2 | 0·2 | <0·0001 | 5·2 | 0·1 | 5·8 | 0·1 | 6·2 | 0·1 | <0·0001 |
| Female, 50–64 years | 7·1 | 0·1 | 8·1 | 0·1 | 8·9 | 0·2 | <0·0001 | 3·9 | 0·1 | 4·3 | 0·1 | 4·6 | 0·1 | <0·0001 |
| Female, ≥65 years | 4·7 | 0·1 | 5·1 | 0·1 | 5·5 | 0·1 | <0·0001 | 3·1 | 0·1 | 3·1 | 0·1 | 3·3 | 0·1 | 0·0004 |
*
All statistical analyses accounted for the complex sampling design effect and appropriate sampling weights.
†
Linear trends in SFA intake across the survey periods were compared using the generalized linear model after adjustment for sex, age, region and household income, where applicable.