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. 2021 Oct 15;13(10):3608. doi: 10.3390/nu13103608

Table 2.

Tertiles of daily pure fructose intake from all food sources and from non-natural foods sources.

Tertiles Levels
For Girls
n (%) Ranges for Pure Fructose
(g/day)
n (%) Ranges for Total Fructose Exposure (g/day)
All food sources
Low 284 (31.5%) 7.85 to 27.60 285 (31.6%) 13.78 to 41.88
Middle 311 (34.5%) 27.63 to 41.76 310 (34.4%) 41.92 to 59.38
High 306 (34.0%) 41.90 to 130.86 306 (34.0%) 59.52 to 160.16
Non-natural foods
Low 296 (32.9%) 1.39 to 9.12 296 (32.8%) 3.80 to 20.18
Middle 305 (33.8%) 9.15 to 18.73 304 (33.7%) 20.22 to 32.01
High 300 (33.3%) 18.76 to 81.50 301 (33.4%) 32.15 to 112.56
Tertiles Levels
For Boys
n (%) Ranges for Pure Fructose
(g/day)
n (%) Ranges for Total Fructose Exposure (g/day)
All food sources
Low 258 (32.1%) 9.55 to 35.65 256 (31.8%) 13.17 to 51.76
Middle 270 (33.6%) 35.65 to 53.98 273 (34.0%) 51.77 to 72.70
High 276 (34.3%) 54.00 to 136.75 275 (34.2%) 72.83 to 191.25
Non-natural foods
Low 267 (33.2%) 2.21 to 14.15 269 (33.5%) 4.56 to 27.55
Middle 272 (33.8%) 14.19 to 28.92 267 (33.2%) 27.61 to 45.01
High 265 (33.0%) 28.9 to 114.79 268 (33.3%) 45.07 to 161.18