Table 5.
Energy ratios from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in Chinese lactating mothers
| Energy ratio (%) | Urban (n = 514) | Rural (n = 440) | AMDRs | P-value 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (P25; P75) |
Below AMDRa | Above AMDRb | Within AMDRc | Median (P25; P75) |
Below AMDRa | Above AMDRb | Within AMDRc | |||
| Carbohydrate | 33.35 (23.73; 43.73) | 438 (85.2) | 24 (4.7) | 52 (10.1) | 31.57 (23.25; 40.5) | 379 (86.1) | 16 (3.6) | 45 (10.2) | 50–65 | 0.651 ns |
| Fat | 29.21 (23.43; 36.74) | 51 (9.9) | 234 (45.5) | 229 (44.6) | 27.6 (21.87; 34.16) | 75 (17) | 178 (40.5) | 187 (42.5) | 20–30 | 0.014* |
| Protein | 8.64 (7.03; 10.23) | – | – | – | 14.68 (11.79; 18.23) | – | – | – | ND | 0.000* |
Shown are the energy ratios derived from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in lactating mothers from urban and rural areas of China in 2018
The data have been presented as number and percentage (n (%))
ND No AMDR value
aBelow AMDR: number and percentage of study participants whose intake of energy ratio provided by macronutrients is below the AMDR
bAbove AMDR: number and percentage of study participants whose intake of energy ratio provided by macronutrients is above the AMDR
cAMDR: number and percentage of study participants whose intake of energy ratio provided by macronutrients is within the AMDR
1Statistically significant difference between urban and rural areas (p < 0.05) with Mann-Whitney U test; ns, p > 0.05 non-significant; *p < 0.05 significant