Table 5.
Frequency of other dietary patterns
Question | All (n=569) |
Men (n=193) |
Women (n=376) |
In a typical week, on how many days do you eat fruit?§ | |||
<5 | 32.0% | 40.4% | 27.7%† |
>5 | 68.0% | 59.6% | 72.3% |
How many servings of fruit do you eat on one of those days?§ | |||
<3 | 45.5% | 41.8% | 47.2% |
>3 | 54.5% | 58.2% | 52.8% |
In a typical week, on how many days do you eat vegetables?§ | |||
<5 | 24.1% | 24.9% | 23.7% |
>5 | 75.9% | 75.1% | 76.3% |
How many servings of vegetables do you eat on one of those days?§ | |||
<3 | 59.9% | 65.9% | 56.9%‡ |
>3 | 40.1% | 34.1% | 43.1% |
What type of oil or fat is most often used for meal preparation in your household?§ | |||
Vegetable oil | 90.8% | 91.1% | 90.7% |
Other (lard, suet, butter, ghee) | 9.0% | 8.9% | 9.0% |
None used | 0.2% | 0 | 0.3% |
On average, how many meals per week do you eat that were not prepared at home?§ | |||
0 | 45.8% | 32.1% | 52.8%* |
>1 | 54.2% | 67.9% | 47.2% |
*Results are percentages p<0.0001.
†p=0.002.
‡p=0.04 versus men.
§Reduced numbers due to missing values.