Table 4.
Comparison of the estimated nutrition intake from 24-h dietary recall between two communities separately for males and females (mean ± SD).
| Male | Female | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mand (N = 19) |
Pingelap (N = 30) |
p-Value | Mand (N = 29) |
Pingelap (N = 20) |
p-Value | |||||||||
| Energy intake (MJ) | 8.6 | ± | 3.6 | 7.9 | ± | 2.9 | 0.46 | 8.0 | ± | 2.6 | 7.7 | ± | 2.7 | 0.76 |
| Protein intake (g) | 85.5 | ± | 49.6 | 62.3 | ± | 28.5 | 0.07 | 74.6 | ± | 24.2 | 63.8 | ± | 25.5 | 0.14 |
| Fat intake (g) | 58.9 | ± | 44.2 | 48.8 | ± | 42.7 | 0.29 | 59.0 | ± | 25.8 | 48.6 | ± | 29.4 | 0.21 |
| Carbohydrate intake (g) | 295.5 | ± | 95.0 | 296.6 | ± | 89.6 | 0.97 | 266.8 | ± | 111.0 | 285.6 | ± | 124.8 | 0.59 |
| Proportion of protein (%) | 16.3 | ± | 4.2 | 13.5 | ± | 4.7 | 0.03 | 16.2 | ± | 3.9 | 14.0 | ± | 4.5 | 0.09 |
| Proportion of fat (%) | 24.0 | ± | 8.7 | 20.9 | ± | 10.2 | 0.27 | 28.2 | ± | 10.4 | 23.6 | ± | 12.6 | 0.18 |
| Proportion of carbohydrate (%) | 59.5 | ± | 11.3 | 65.2 | ± | 9.8 | 0.08 | 55.3 | ± | 12.5 | 61.8 | ± | 13.6 | 0.10 |
Note: p-value was calculated by Welch’s t-test.