Table 2.

Major food sources of plant and animal protein intake in Korean adults aged 30–64 years by sex.

	Men	Women	p-Value 1
Plant protein sources (g/day)
Refined grains	19.5 ± 0.2	14.3 ± 0.1	<0.001
Other grains	2.6 ± 0.1	2.6 ± 0.1	0.887
Legume and legume products	3.8 ± 0.1	3.1 ± 0.1	<0.001
Vegetables	6.9 ± 0.1	5.5 ± 0.0	<0.001
Fruits	1.1 ± 0.0	1.4 ± 0.0	<0.001
Condiments	3.2 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.0	<0.001
Nuts and Seeds	0.9 ± 0.0	0.8 ± 0.0	0.708
Animal protein sources (g/day)
Red meat	14.5 ± 0.3	8.7 ± 0.2	<0.001
White meat	6.7 ± 0.3	4.1 ± 0.2	<0.001
Processed meat	3.3 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.1	<0.001
Other meat	1.1 ± 0.1	0.5 ± 0.0	<0.001
Fish and shellfish	9.1 ± 0.3	5.6 ± 0.2	<0.001
Processed and salted fish	4.6 ± 0.1	3.4 ± 0.1	<0.001
Eggs	4.2 ± 0.1	3.5 ± 0.1	<0.001
Milk and dairy	2.5 ± 0.1	2.9 ± 0.1	<0.001

All values are presented as means ± standard errors and derived from a regression model. ¹ p-values derived from Student’s t-test represent differences between men and women.