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Table 2 Dietary intakes of study participants across the quartiles of DPI

From: Dietary phytochemical index and overweight/obesity in children: a cross-sectional study

Variable

DPI quartiles

P-value*

Total (N = 356)

Q1 (N = 89)

Q2 (N = 89)

Q3 (N = 89)

Q4 (N = 89)

Energy (kcal/d)

2244.97 ± 41.66a

2226.30 ± 82.96

2318.63 ± 77.99

2278.28 ± 83.31

2156.70 ± 89.06

0.55

Carbohydrate (g/d)

324.71 ± 6.85

297.55 ± 12.73

335.24 ± 11.07

337.03 ± 14.72

329.04 ± 15.68

0.14

Protein (g/d)

73.95 ± 2.38

76.62 ± 6.32

71.67 ± 2.79

74.23 ± 4.12

73.27 ± 5.21

0.90

Total fat (g/d)

88.09 ± 3.42

99.04 ± 10.83

87.71 ± 4.13

84.91 ± 5.29

80.69 ± 4.98

0.26

Fiber (g/d)

19.96 ± 0.63

16.54 ± 1.45

18.98 ± 0.72

22.18 ± 1.33

22.15 ± 1.38

0.003

Folate (mg/d)

327.69 ± 10.45

293.39 ± 18.12

344.87 ± 18.30

343.38 ± 24.69

329.12 ± 21.72

0.27

Vitamin C (mg/d)

174.35 ± 6.76

111.61 ± 6.16

166.14 ± 9.32

205.81 ± 14.18

213.86 ± 18.39

< 0.001

Calcium (mg/d)

1036.87 ± 26.17

939.72 ± 39.15

1077.89 ± 53.41

1101.32 ± 51.51

1028.55 ± 61.97

0.13

Magnesium (mg/d)

287.94 ± 7.39

264.77 ± 17.14

284.23 ± 10.03

303.61 ± 15.90

299.17 ± 14.94

0.23

Potassium (mg/d)

3504.36 ± 85.42

2849.18 ± 118.39

3461.85 ± 137.35

3731.66 ± 169.67

3974.76 ± 219.24

< 0.001

  1. Italic values indicate the significance of P-values (P-value < 0.05)
  2. aData are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  3. * Obtained from ANOVA