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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2018 Apr 16;21(12):2211–2220. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018000848

Table 2.

Daily food and nutrient intake estimated by food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and two 24-hour diet recalls in the Dar es Salaam Urban Cohort Hypertension Study (DUCS-HTN), 2014 (n=317)

Item (units/day) FFQ 24-hour diet recall average

Energy and nutrients Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Energy (kcal) 2599 (1030) 1546 (431)

Macronutrients

Carbohydrate (g) 361 (145) 237 (65)
Carbohydrate (% energy) 67% (8%) 73% (7%)
Protein (g) 94 (50) 38 (15)
Protein (% energy) 17% (5%) 11% (4%)
Fat (g) 91 (42) 52 (22)
Fat (% energy) 17% (4%) 16% (5%)
Saturated fatty acids (g) 50 (25) 36 (17)
Monounsaturated fatty acids (g) 23 (11) 8 (4)
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (g) 12 (9) 4 (3)
Cholesterol (mg) 185 (124) 51 (46)

Vitamins

Vitamin A (μg RAE) 1762 (1461) 249 (394)
Niacin (mg) 18 (9) 8 (3)
Pantothenic Acid (mg) 6 (3) 3 (1)
Thiamin (mg) 2 (2) 0.8 (0.3)
Riboflavin (mg) 3 (2) 0.9 (1.1)
Vitamin B6 (mg) 2 (1) 0.9 (0.4)
Vitamin B12 (μg) 6 (7) 2.0 (2.7)
Folate (μg) 471 (229) 136 (65)
Vitamin C (mg) 163 (104) 39 (37)
Vitamin D (μg) 6 (6) 1.5 (2.9)
Vitamin E (μg) 10 (6) 2.4 (1.7)

Minerals

Calcium (mg) 604 (508) 283 (282)
Phosphorous (mg) 1271 (678) 677 (262)
Iron (mg) 19 (16) 7 (5)
Magnesium (mg) 546 (361) 230 (104)
Sodium (mg) 957 (540) 377 (224)
Potassium (mg) 3800 (1806) 1271 (513)
Zinc (mg) 9 (5) 5 (2)

Foods groups (servings)

Cereals 5.0 (1.9) 2.7 (0.9)
Legumes & nuts 0.8 (0.8) 0.5 (0.6)
Root vegetables 0.6 (0.8) 0.4 (0.5)
Vegetables (excluding roots) 3.8 (2.7) 0.7 (0.7)
Fruit 1.8 (1.3) 0.2 (0.4)
Unprocessed red meat 0.6 (0.5) 0.4 (0.5)
Fish 0.9 (0.7) 0.5 (0.5)
Chicken 0.2 (0.3) 0.1 (0.3)
Eggs 0.2 (0.2) 0.0 (0.1)
Dairy 0.6 (0.7) 0.1 (0.3)
Sugar-sweetened beverages 0.2 (0.4) 0.1 (0.2)
Alcohol 0.2 (0.7) 0.1 (0.2)
Tea 1.2 (0.7) 1.3 (0.7)