Table 2.

Dietary intakes of children stratified by child age and gender

Dietary intake	Unit	Age group										Total (n 424)
		6–8 years (n 209)					9–12 years (n 215)
		Boys (n 108)		Girls (n 101)		P-value	Boys (n 102)		Girls (n 113)		P-value
		Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation		Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation		Mean	Standard deviation
Protein	% Energy	15⋅4	4⋅43	14⋅7	3⋅87	0⋅319	15⋅1	3⋅71	15⋅3	4⋅12	0⋅900	15⋅1	4⋅05
	g	50⋅3	16⋅8	47⋅2	15⋅7	0⋅243	51⋅9	21⋅1	47⋅8	17⋅4	0⋅178	49⋅3	17⋅9
Carbohydrate	% Energy	48⋅8	7⋅81	50⋅7	7⋅76	0⋅149	50⋅1	45⋅7	48⋅8	6⋅96	0⋅078	49⋅6	7⋅49
	g	162	49⋅8	163	44⋅1	0⋅795	170	49⋅4	153	44⋅4	0⋅020	162	47⋅2
Fat	% Energy	33⋅7	6⋅87	32⋅9	6⋅36	0⋅546	32⋅9	6⋅64	34⋅0	6⋅54	0⋅236	33⋅4	6⋅60
	g	50⋅0	17⋅3	48⋅1	17⋅3	0⋅543	50⋅4	18⋅4	48⋅1	16⋅9	0⋅348	49⋅1	17⋅4
Cholesterol	mg	190	98⋅9	175	74⋅8	0⋅221	200	115	208	98⋅8	0⋅694	192	97⋅1
Saturated fat	g	18⋅7	6⋅70	17⋅3	4⋅55	0⋅641	18⋅0	4⋅62	18⋅7	6⋅76	0⋅224	18⋅2	5⋅71
	% Energy	12⋅4	3⋅35	12⋅5	3⋅61	0⋅894	12⋅1	3⋅71	12⋅2	3⋅68	0⋅667	12⋅3	3⋅58
Trans fat	g	0⋅30	0⋅34	0⋅30	0⋅31	0⋅599	0⋅83	4⋅77	8⋅58	10⋅0	0⋅724	6⋅16	56⋅7
Fiber	g	10⋅5	4⋅25	10⋅3	4⋅53	0⋅778	10⋅7	4⋅67	10⋅0	4⋅69	0⋅140	10⋅4	4⋅53
Sugar	g	68⋅2	31⋅7	70⋅9	27⋅6	0⋅323	68⋅2	25⋅5	65⋅4	26⋅7	0⋅567	68⋅1	28⋅0
Sodium	mg	2024	1663	2271	2087	0⋅951	2149	1410	1930	1375	0⋅049	2088	1650
Potassium	mg	1379	509	1435	504	0⋅473	1446	611	1400	617	0⋅544	1414	562
Phosphorus	mg	676	240	672	227	0⋅923	728	273	668	252	0⋅081	685	249
Magnesium	mg	141	49⋅2	139	44⋅0	0⋅894	148	61⋅8	137	56⋅9	0⋅157	141	53⋅4
Manganese	mg	2⋅27	5⋅77	1⋅64	0⋅60	0⋅820	2⋅07	2⋅74	1⋅57	0⋅82	0⋅010	1⋅89	3⋅25
Vitamin E	mg	3⋅91	3⋅32	4⋅77	5⋅07	0⋅433	4⋅46	3⋅88	4⋅14	4⋅82	0⋅194	4⋅31	4⋅33
Vitamin C	mg	54⋅7	48⋅1	57⋅3	42⋅4	0⋅469	57⋅8	57⋅2	46⋅8	48⋅5	0⋅163	54⋅0	49⋅3
Vitamin B12	μg	2⋅22	2⋅76	2⋅24	1⋅42	0⋅222	2⋅67	3⋅75	2⋅02	1⋅23	0⋅998	2⋅28	2⋅49
Iron	mg	8⋅97	3⋅04	9⋅15	3⋅01	0⋅645	9⋅57	4⋅58	9⋅07	3⋅71	0⋅934	9⋅18	3⋅61
Zinc	mg	5⋅01	2⋅09	4⋅79	1⋅95	0⋅351	5⋅08	2⋅23	4⋅78	2⋅07	0⋅363	4⋅91	2⋅08
Vitamin D	μg	23⋅9	35⋅0	15⋅4	26⋅8	0⋅488	17⋅9	33⋅8	15⋅1	29⋅4	0⋅940	18⋅7	31⋅5
Calcium	mg	572	277	581	220	0⋅411	590	246	560	255	0⋅324	575	250

Significance was set at α = 0⋅003 based on Bonferroni correction.