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. 2020 Apr 17;23(10):1754–1765. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019004671

Table 6.

Food and nutrient intakes according to Swedish Healthy Eating Index for Adolescents 2015 (SHEIA15)

SHEIA15 group
Low (n 709) Medium (n 1471) High (n 735)
Nutrient intake* Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd
 Energy (MJ)a 9·6 2·6 8·8 2·4 8·4 2·2
 Fibre (g/MJ)a 1·7 0·3 2·0 0·4 2·6 0·6
 Wholegrains (g/10 MJ)a 23·2 12·1 33·9 17·7 50·9 24·9
 Added sugar (E%)a 12·3 4·3 10·4 3·1 9·0 2·6
 Saturated fat (E%)a 14·6 2·1 13·8 1·9 12·8 1·9
 Monounsaturated fat (E%)d 13·6 2·1 13·6 2·1 13·5 2·1
 Polyunsaturated fat (E%)a 4·3 0·7 4·6 0·8 5·2 1·0
 n-3 fatty acids (E%)a 0·8 0·2 0·9 0·2 1·0 0·2
Intake of vitamins and minerals*
 Vitamin D (µg/10 MJ)a 5·9 2·2 6·8 2·4 7·2 2·6
 Vitamin C (mg/10 MJ)a 70·0 32·0 89·0 41·0 108·0 43·0
 Folate (µg/10 MJ)a 256·0 58·0 296·0 58·0 347·0 76·0
 Fe (mg/10 MJ)a 8·9 1·6 9·4 1·6 10·3 1·7
 Iodine (µg/10 MJ)a 250·0 65·0 279·0 69·0 315·0 138·0
 Se (µg/10 MJ)a 43·0 11·0 49·0 14·0 54·0 18·0
Food intake (g/10 MJ) Median p25–p75 Median p25–p75 Median p25–p75
 Sugar-sweetened beveragesa 243·0 148·0–366·0 197·0 131·0–279·0 164·0 107·0–234·0
 Juiceb 17·0 12·0–137·0 21·0 13·0–162·0 22·0 13·0–162·0
 Sweetsa 31·0 13·0–57·0 25·0 14·0–45·0 23·0 13·0–40·0
 Red and processed meata 127·0 104·0–156·0 109·0 89·0–134·0 90·0 70·0–116·0
 Vegetables and fruitsa 183·0 139·0–238·0 250·0 194·0–316·0 346·0 278·0–430·0
 Fish and shellfisha 15·0 10·0–23·0 24·0 15·0–36·0 36·0 23·0–49·0
 Dairy productsc 292·0 151·0–520·0 361·0 182·0–553·0 294·0 155·0–510·0

aSignificant differences between all groups; bLow SHEIA15 group significantly different from medium and high SHEIA15 groups; cMiddle SHEIA15 group significantly different from low and high SHEIA15 groups; dNo significant difference.

*

One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni corrections.

Kruskal–Wallis rank test and Dunn’s multiple-comparison test with Bonferroni corrections.