Table 2. Carotenoid intakes (µg/day) and vitamin C intakes (mg/day) assessed with FFQ¹ 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	3722	±	2816	3588	3719	±	4606	2346	4120	±	1818	3551	3736	±	2450	3308	0.9643
Alpha-carotene	607	±	661	491	449	±	636	228	523	±	382	403	669	±	441	618	0.4754
Beta-carotene	2891	±	2168	2762	3015	±	3923	2022	3365	±	1444	3126	2935	±	1965	2377	0.9230
Lycopene	3288	±	5203	816	4543	±	5368	2761	3407	±	3478	2345	2254	±	4075	437	0.3424
Vitamin C	146	±	95	115	198	±	182	170	192	±	65	196	130	±	68	111	0.0910
Women (n=113)	n=27				n=30				n=28				n=28
Carotene	3670	±	2787	2669	3867	±	4194	2549	4638	±	2664	4268	4247	±	2007	3928	0.6496
Alpha-carotene	513	±	485	350	486	±	627	241	563	±	421	471	759	±	377	635	0.1515
Beta-carotene	2906	±	2261	2187	3140	±	3524	2176	3769	±	2129	3515	3342	±	1605	2986	0.6215
Lycopene	2762	±	2566	1439	4262	±	6796	2502	4212	±	5993	2049	1261	±	1743	535	0.0676
Vitamin C	172	±	106	143	208	±	229	141	244	±	164	203	142	±	71	115	0.0915

¹FFQ, food frequency questionnaire.