Table 4.

Food intake according to grouping of recommended fruits and vegetables intake.

Intake, g/day	<400 g		≥400 g		Unadjusted p-Value (1)	Adjusted p-Value (2)
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Total	n = 5364		n = 2972
Total food	988.68	7.82	1745.67	15.48	<0.0001	<0.0001
Cereal and grain products	273.02	2.32	297.94	3.12	<0.0001	0.2663
Potatoes and starches	32.00	1.60	46.12	2.64	<0.0001	0.4972
Sugars and sweets	6.89	0.25	9.65	0.39	<0.0001	0.5680
Legumes and their products	40.86	1.34	48.69	2.25	<0.0001	0.5292
Seeds and nuts	5.71	0.39	11.79	1.07	0.0020	<0.0001
Mushrooms	2.94	0.25	5.33	0.45	<0.0001	0.0285
Seaweeds	22.26	1.46	44.66	3.47	<0.0001	<0.0001
Meat and associated products	49.51	1.71	68.90	2.81	<0.0001	0.1715
Eggs	12.96	0.45	19.61	0.78	<0.0001	0.0473
Fish	46.63	1.61	73.13	2.95	<0.0001	<0.0001
Milk and dairy products	74.01	2.59	120.83	4.98	<0.0001	<0.0001
Oils	3.63	0.10	5.95	0.18	<0.0001	0.0041
Beverages	85.14	3.02	100.95	4.51	0.0111	<0.0001
Seasonings	21.77	0.38	34.86	0.72	<0.0001	<0.0001
Others	1.41	0.26	1.93	0.34	0.2342	0.5762
65–74 years	n = 2905		n = 2104
Total food	1075.61	10.51	1816.85	18.50	<0.0001	<0.0001
Cereal and grain products	284.63	3.14	305.52	3.62	<0.0001	<0.0001
Potatoes and starches	35.92	2.29	52.50	3.47	0.0003	0.7623
Sugars and sweets	7.03	0.33	10.26	0.49	<0.0001	0.1836
Legumes and their products	39.81	1.70	50.50	3.01	0.0054	0.9634
Seeds and nuts	6.71	0.53	13.37	1.46	<0.0001	0.0076
Mushrooms	3.44	0.41	5.42	0.48	0.0097	0.2084
Seaweeds	24.61	2.02	46.89	3.82	<0.0001	<0.0001
Meat and associated products	52.90	2.15	73.05	3.53	<0.0001	0.7354
Eggs	15.46	0.65	21.03	0.98	<0.0001	0.2227
Fish	50.35	2.18	75.99	3.57	<0.0001	<0.0001
Milk and dairy products	80.69	3.54	125.54	5.76	<0.0001	0.0002
Oils	4.29	0.15	6.30	0.21	<0.0001	0.1086
Beverages	110.03	4.85	111.37	5.59	0.9279	<0.0001
Seasonings	23.29	0.52	36.19	0.83	<0.0001	<0.0001
Others	1.69	0.35	2.07	0.41	0.3706	0.7694
≥75 years	n = 2459		n = 868
Total food	893.14	10.58	1582.98	24.75	<0.0001	<0.0001
Cereal and grain products	260.27	3.11	280.60	5.16	0.0044	<0.0001
Potatoes and starches	27.68	2.06	31.54	3.15	0.3479	0.3057
Sugars and sweets	6.74	0.36	8.25	0.59	0.0224	0.3231
Legumes and their products	42.01	2.12	44.54	2.86	0.2218	0.3146
Seeds and nuts	4.62	0.52	8.17	1.09	0.0065	0.1972
Mushrooms	2.39	0.28	5.10	0.92	0.0088	0.0424
Seaweeds	19.68	2.03	39.57	6.98	0.0204	0.0718
Meat and associated products	45.77	2.66	59.40	4.03	0.0381	0.0911
Eggs	10.21	0.61	16.37	1.19	<0.0001	0.0690
Fish	42.53	2.16	66.57	4.95	0.0002	0.0073
Milk and dairy products	66.67	3.64	110.07	9.12	<0.0001	0.0040
Oils	2.91	0.12	5.16	0.30	<0.0001	0.0033
Beverages	57.78	3.36	77.13	7.52	0.0222	0.4138
Seasonings	20.10	0.54	31.83	1.41	<0.0001	0.0003
Others	1.11	0.33	1.60	0.45	0.5560	0.5150

⁽¹⁾p-value calculated using t-test. ⁽²⁾p-value calculated using general lineal model (adjusted for gender, age, and energy intake).