Table 2.
Dietary daily intake expressed as % of energy (%E).
| Variables |
Children with Normal Weight (NO) n = 107 |
Children Who Are Overweight (OV) n = 41 |
Children with Obesity (OB) n = 61 |
Kruskal-Wallis H Test (p) |
Post Hoc Pairwise Comparison (p *) |
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| Med (Q1–Q3) | Med (Q1–Q3) | Med (Q1–Q3) | NO:OV | NO:OB | OV:OB | ||
| Macronutrients | |||||||
| Calories (Kcal/day) | 2058 (1749–2376) | 1983 (1516–2335) | 1916 (1709–2167) | 0.18 | |||
| Proteins (%E) | 16.3 (15.0–17.7) | 16.8 (15.3–18.5) | 16.4 (14.9–17.3) | 0.42 | |||
| Carbohidrates (%E) | 46.7 (43.2- 49.9) | 48.1 (43.9–53.3) | 46.7 (43.4–51.1) | 0.19 | |||
| Simple sugars (%E) | 20.9 (18.5–23.8) | 20.9 (17.9–24.8) | 21.8 (18.9–25.0) | 0.42 | |||
| Lipids (%E) | 33.7 (29.9–37.0) | 31.1 (27.0–35.4) | 32.9 (27.4–38.2) | 0.05 | |||
| Individual FA (% E) | |||||||
| C14:0 | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) | 0.8 (0.6–1.1) | 0.9 (0.7–1.1) | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 1.0 |
| C16:0 | 6.3 (5.7–7.1) | 5.8 (5.1–6.7) | 5.8 (5.2–6.7) | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.0 |
| C18:0 | 2.4 (2.1–2.7) | 2.2 (1.9–2.5) | 2.2 (2.0–2.6) | 0.05 | |||
| Tot. SFA | 9.7 (8.7–10.9) | 9.0 (7.8–10.1) | 9.0 (7.9–10.4) | 0.004 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 1.0 |
| C16:1 | 0.51 (0.46–0.58) | 0.49 (0.42–0.54) | 0.50 (0.42–0.60) | 0.1 | |||
| C18:1 | 14.2 (11.4–16.5) | 12.3 (10.1–14.8) | 13.3 (11.0–17.3) | 0.08 | |||
| Tot. MUFA | 14.7 (11.9–17.1) | 12.7 (10.5–15.2) | 13.9 (11.4–17.8) | 0.07 | |||
| C18:2 | 3.6 (3.2–4.2) | 3.6 (3.1–3.9) | 3.6 (2.9–4.3) | 0.99 | |||
| C20:4 | 0.04 (0.03–0.05) | 0.04 (0.03–0.06) | 0.04 (0.03–0.05) | 0.78 | |||
| Tot. ω6 | 3.5 (3.0–4.4) | 3.7 (2.8–4.5) | 3.4 (3.1–5.0) | 0.97 | |||
| >C18:3 | 0.52 (0.50–0.61) | 0.50 (0.46–0.54) | 0.52 (0.45–0.58) | 0.44 | |||
| C20:5 (EPA) | 0.07 (0.04–0.1) | 0.07 (0.02–0.11) | 0.07 (0.04–0.1) | 0.88 | |||
| C22:5 (DPA) | 0.017 (0.011–0.024) | 0.017 (0.006–0.025) | 0.016 (0.009–0.025) | 0.59 | |||
| 22:6 (DHA) | 0.14 (0.09–0.19) | 0.13 (0.05–0.20) | 0.13 (0.09–0.19) | 0.84 | |||
| Tot. ω3 | 0.8 (0.7–1.0) | 0.8 (0.6–0.9) | 0.8 (0.6–0.9) | 0.36 | |||
| Tot. PUFA | 4.3 (3.8–5.3) | 4.5 (3.5–5.4) | 4.3 (3.6–5.5) | 0.96 | |||
| ω-6/ω-3 | 4.6 (4.0–5.4) | 4.8 (3.7–6.8) | 4.9 (4.0–6.7) | 0.25 | |||
Data are expressed as medians and quartile 1 and quartile 3 (Med Q1-Q3. Not normally distributed variables. SFA-saturated fatty acid; MUFA-monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA-polyunsaturated fatty acid, (%E)-%Energy. * Pairwise comparison conducted with a Bonferroni adjustment.