Table 2.

Frequency of fibre-rich food consumption according to gender.

Fibre-Rich Food	Men	Women
Vegetables *	n (%)	n (%)
No consumption or very low consumption	3 (1.7%)	2 (1.1%)
Low-to-moderate consumption	130 (72.6%)	84 (46.7%)
Moderate-to-high consumption	46 (25.7%)	94 (52.2%)
Fruit
No consumption or very low consumption	10 (5.6%)	5 (2.8%)
Low-to-moderate consumption	120 (67%)	125 (69.4%)
High consumption	49 (27.4%)	50 (27.8%)
Bread, whole grains and cereals
No consumption or very low consumption	15 (8.4)	8 (4.44)
Low-to-moderate consumption	66 (36.9%)	130 (72.22%)
Moderate-to-high consumption	98 (54.7%)	42 (23.34%)
Nuts and seeds *
No consumption or very low consumption	36 (20.1%)	37 (20.56%)
Low-to-moderate consumption	88 (49.2%)	45 (25%)
Moderate-to-high consumption	55 (30.7%)	98 (54.44%)
Legumes *
No consumption or very low consumption	26 (14.53%)	58 (32.22%)
Low-to-moderate consumption	74 (41.34%)	58 (32.22%)
Moderate-to-high consumption	79 (44.13%)	64 (35.56%)

* trend p-value indicates statistical significance < 0.05.