Table 2.
Medians, and 10th (P10) and 90th (P90) percentiles of dietary intakes of flavan-3-ols, glycosides and aglycones and their main food sources in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study.
| Variable | Acute Intake (24-HDR) |
Habitual Intake (DQ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavanols Intake (mg/day) | n a | Median | P10 | P90 | n a | Median | P10 | P90 |
| Total flavan-3-ols | 2 | 833 | 81.2 | 2374 | 0 | 317 | 156 | 627 |
| Total monomers | 2 | 106 | 21.0 | 685 | 0 | 54.1 | 18.6 | 249 |
| (+)-Catechin | 2 | 29.8 | 7.03 | 103 | 0 | 14.0 | 5.59 | 31.8 |
| (+)-Catechin 3-O-gallate | 222 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 41.9 | 16 | 0.90 | 0.00 | 17.8 |
| (+)-Catechin 3-O-glucose | 408 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.44 |
| (+)-Gallocatechin | 85 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 189 | 0 | 2.50 | 0.03 | 47.2 |
| (+)-Gallocatechin 3-O-gallate | 225 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.76 | 7 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 2.82 |
| (-)-Epicatechin | 2 | 50.5 | 6.07 | 151 | 0 | 18.1 | 7.61 | 38.5 |
| (-)-Epicatechin 3-O-gallate | 41 | 3.44 | 0.00 | 78.3 | 0 | 3.58 | 0.37 | 33.0 |
| (-)-Epigallocatechin | 63 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 109 | 0 | 1.99 | 0.06 | 31.4 |
| (-)-Epigallocatechin 3-O-gallate | 205 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 93.4 | 1 | 2.55 | 0.01 | 39.8 |
| (-)-Ec-Ec | 276 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.61 | 9 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.40 |
| Total PA | 6 | 576 | 46.7 | 1723 | 0 | 216 | 98.7 | 427 |
| PA dimers | 6 | 106 | 9.56 | 355 | 0 | 22.1 | 9.44 | 44.8 |
| PA trimers | 10 | 48.5 | 5.18 | 171 | 0 | 18.2 | 7.65 | 36.7 |
| PA tetramers-hexamers | 33 | 127 | 0.84 | 382 | 0 | 50.3 | 22.3 | 101 |
| PA heptamers-decamers | 43 | 90.7 | 0.00 | 293 | 0 | 35.0 | 16.4 | 73.9 |
| PA > decamers | 45 | 176 | 0.00 | 624 | 0 | 87.1 | 41.8 | 168 |
| Total theaflavins | 314 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 135 | 133 | 8.93 | 0.50 | 56.8 |
| Theaflavin | 314 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.1 | 133 | 2.34 | 0.13 | 14.9 |
| Theaflavin 3,3′-O-digallate | 314 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.9 | 133 | 2.53 | 0.14 | 16.1 |
| Theaflavin 3′-O-gallate | 314 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 43.3 | 133 | 2.92 | 0.16 | 18.6 |
| Theaflavin 3-O-gallate | 314 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.8 | 133 | 1.13 | 0.06 | 7.21 |
| Food intake (g/day) | ||||||||
| Apple and pear | 222 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 374 | 16 | 51.8 | 6.40 | 182 |
| Grape | 402 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26 | 7.14 | 0.27 | 27.7 |
| Stone fruits | 342 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 126 | 15 | 36.8 | 3.75 | 117 |
| Berries | 381 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24 | 7.14 | 0.41 | 28.6 |
| Banana | 356 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 94.5 | 84 | 7.21 | 0.00 | 38.6 |
| Chocolate and chocolate products | 313 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.0 | 94 | 3.28 | 0.00 | 20.0 |
| Cakes and pastries | 243 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 160 | 20 | 30.1 | 3.29 | 102 |
| Coffee | 53 | 175 | 0.00 | 769 | 29 | 150 | 17.1 | 600 |
| Tea | 310 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500 | 133 | 21.2 | 0.00 | 436 |
| Herbal tea | 327 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 417 | 268 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 160 |
| Wine | 234 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 375 | 51 | 55.3 | 0.00 | 357 |
| Red wine | 303 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 267 | 291 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 222 |
| Beer and cider | 355 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 324 | 133 | 5.52 | 0.00 | 283 |
a Number of non-consumers; abbreviations: 24-HDR, 24-h dietary recall; DQ, dietary questionnaire; Ec-Ec, (-)-epicatechin-(2a-7)(4a-8)-epicatechin 3-O-galactoside; PA, proanthocyanidins.