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Table 3 Dietary intake from FFQ in herbicide-sprayed and nonsprayed areas

From: Association between dioxin concentrations in breast milk and food group intake in Vietnam

Dietary intake

Sprayed area (n = 80)

Nonsprayed area (n = 42)

P valuea

Energy

1854 (1440–2423)

1793 (1389–2225)

0.620

Protein

87.2 (78.5–92.9)

87.6 (83.3–95.7)

0.227

Lipid

52.8 (45.3–60.0)

56.7 (52.3–61.7)

0.036

Carbohydrate

290.4 (270.4–312.4)

276.9 (269.1–294.7)

0.059

Fiber

12.8 (10.9–16.0)

15.0 (12.4–19.4)

0.018

Cereals

255.2 (205.5–330.6)

239.9 (185.6–324.6)

0.435

Potatoes and starches

31.0 (10.5–66.0)

40.8 (25.6–70.5)

0.070

Nuts and seeds

25.0 (15.1–26.2)

25.0 (12.8–25.0)

0.984

Pulses

0 (0–27.7)

0 (0–0)

<0.001

Soybean products

15.1 (7.6–30.6)

15.1 (7.6–30.2)

0.617

Dark-green vegetables

175.4 (126.8–254.0)

197.2 (120.8–299.7)

0.309

Yellow vegetables

45.3 (26.8–69.3)

32.0 (13.8–43.9)

0.011

Other vegetables

126.8 (86.1–207.1)

94.0 (57.9–179.0)

0.063

Fruit and fruit juice

504.7 (402.0–694.1)

459.7 (290.1–604.3)

0.044

Fats

6.3 (2.7–12.0)

7.2 (1.7–10.8)

0.436

Vegetable oils

16.1 (10.5–21.6)

15.0 (8.9–23.0)

0.663

Meat and meat products

206.0 (130.1–316.7)

262.1 (172.0–372.3)

0.125

Fish and fish products

52.6 (33.4–84.6)

59.6 (30.7–109.0)

0.777

Shellfish and shellfish products

14.0 (5.1–31.0)

13.9 (5.0–28.3)

0.944

Eggs

30.2 (16.3–49.4)

33.4 (12.5–76.0)

0.668

Milk and dairy products

0.6 (0–7.1)

0 (0–18.8)

0.984

Sugars, confectioneries, soft drink

159.5 (122.3–222.8)

162.1 (112.9–183.9)

0.236

Alcohol beverages

0.4 (0–7.1)

0 (0–0)

<0.001

Seasonings

41.3 (28.2–54.1)

44.2 (30.1–57.0)

0.508

  1. Data are shown as median (25th–75th percentile). Units of energy data are kcal/day; others are in g/day. Nutrient intake is adjusted for energy intake by the residual method
  2. aWilcoxon signed-rank test