Table 3.

Number of eating occasions providing protein according to physical activity level in community-dwelling older adults from the Netherlands (DNFCS), Finland (FINDIET), and Italy (INRAN-SCAI).

	Physical Activity Level
	Low	Intermediate	High	p-Value
DNFCS * (n = 1476 days)
Number of eating occasions
Model 1	5.4 (0.10)	5.6 (0.05)	5.6 (0.02)	0.057
Model 2	5.4 (0.10)	5.5 (0.06)	5.6 (0.03)	0.070
Model 3	5.4 (0.10)	5.6 (0.06)	5.6 (0.03)	0.16
Exclusion special days	5.4 (0.11)	5.6 (0.05)	5.6 (0.03)	0.22
Exclusion special diets	5.4 (0.12	5.6 (0.06)	5.6 (0.03)	0.25
FINDIET * (n = 1734 days)
Number of eating occasions
Model 1	4.4 (0.06)	4.5 (0.03)	4.6 (0.05)	0.0081
Model 2	4.3 (0.07)	4.4 (0.05)	4.5 (0.07)	0.032
Model 3	4.3 (0.07)	4.4 (0.05)	4.5 (0.07)	0.046
Exclusion special days	4.3 (0.07)	4.5 (0.05)	4.5 (0.07)	0.031
Exclusion special diets	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
INRAN-SCAI * (n = 1530 days)
Number of eating occasions
Model 1	3.8 (0.11)	3.8 (0.06)	4.1 (0.06)	0.0078
Model 2	3.8 (0.15)	3.9 (0.12)	4.1 (0.12)	0.012
Model 3	3.8 (0.14)	3.9 (0.12)	4.1 (0.12)	0.021
Exclusion special days	3.8 (0.15)	3.8 (0.12)	4.0 (0.13)	0.062
Exclusion special diets	3.9 (0.15)	3.9 (0.12)	4.1 (0.12)	0.047

Number of eating occasions presented as mean (standard error). * Sample size (n) refers to the number of recall days per survey for participants with non-missing physical activity data. Repeated measures ANOVA, including an unstructured covariance matrix to account for within-person correlation, was used to compare differences according to physical activity level. Model 1: adjusted for age and sex. Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, educational level, marital status, household income (except for INRAN-SCAI) and smoking. Model 3: Model 2 additionally adjusted for energy intake. N/A: not available.