Table 1. Carotenoid intakes (µg/day) and vitamin C intakes (mg/day) assessed with DR¹ for 28 or 14 days by area.

	Ninohe PHC				Yokote PHC				Saku PHC				Ishikawa PHC				ANOVA p-value
	Mean	±	SD	Median	Mean	±	SD	Median	Mean	±	SD	Median	Mean	±	SD	Median
Men (n=102)	n=24				n=28				n=23				n=27
Carotene	3564	±	1330	3304	2503	±	798	2441	3174	±	874	2972	3902	±	1616	3919	0.0003
Alpha-carotene	507	±	251	446	286	±	115	271	352	±	152	308	669	±	333	652	0.0001
Beta-carotene	2726	±	1055	2476	2021	±	697	1919	2578	±	724	2516	3111	±	1310	3007	0.0011
Lycopene	4336	±	4230	3042	2515	±	1551	1966	2456	±	1342	2292	2622	±	2531	1844	0.0414
Vitamin C	122	±	38	115	122	±	34	123	139	±	40	134	134	±	45	130	0.3083
Women (n=113)	n=27				n=30				n=28				n=28
Carotene	3314	±	1471	3126	2773	±	941	2658	3109	±	972	2837	3573	±	1505	3746	0.1000
Alpha-carotene	446	±	236	359	337	±	169	288	358	±	142	319	581	±	260	571	0.0001
Beta-carotene	2597	±	1218	2386	2241	±	766	2038	2514	±	807	2332	2860	±	1241	2888	0.1537
Lycopene	395	±	3004	3241	2832	±	1894	2125	3243	±	2262	2628	3261	±	3412	2085	0.4721
Vitamin C	128	±	44	114	133	±	36	127	146	±	46	138	139	±	71	117	0.5870

¹DR, dietary records.