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Table 2 Dietary Factors of children and adolescents according to tertiles of nut consumptions

From: Association of nuts and unhealthy snacks with subclinical atherosclerosis among children and adolescents with overweight and obesity

 

Nuts (serving/wk./1000Kcal)

P for trend

T1 (< 0.64)

T2 (0.65–1.60)

T3 (> 1.61)

Total energy intake (Kcal)

2834

2911

2809

0.664

Carbohydrate (% energy)

56.8 ± 5.6

56.8 ± 5.6

54.4 ± 5.6

0.000

Dietary fiber (g/1000Kcal)

18.7 ± 6.1

17.0 ± 6.1

16.6 ± 5.3

0.047

Total fat (%energy)

31.9 ± 5.6

32.5 ± 5.3

34.6 ± 5.1

0.000

SFA (%energy)

10.1 ± 2.5

10.1 ± 2.3

10.5 ± 2.2

0.106

MUFA (%energy)

10.1 ± 2.3

10.2 ± 2.2

10.8 ± 2.2

0.010

PUFA (%energy)

6.6 ± 2.1

6.7 ± 1.9

7.6 ± 1.8

0.000

Protein (%energy)

13.4 ± 2.1

13.0 ± 2.1

13.6 ± 2.

0.265

Vegetable (serving/wk./1000Kcal)

5.3 ± 2.7

6.0 ± 3.3

6.2 ± 3.7

0.089

Fruit (serving/wk./1000Kcal)

6.7 ± 3.4

7.9 ± 4.7

7.6 ± 3.7

0.436

Sweet snacks (serving/wk./1000Kcal)

2.8 ± 1.4

3.2 ± 1.9

3.0 ± 1.9

0.745

Salty snacks (serving/wk./1000Kcal)

1.0 ± 1.3

1.0 ± 1.3

1.0 ± 0.9

0.938

Energy-dense nutrient-poor solid snacks (serving/wk./1000Kcal)

3.9 ± 1.7

4.2 ± 2.3

4.5 ± 2.0

0.811

  1. SFA saturated fatty acid, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid
  2. Data are represented as mean ± SD
  3. Linear regression was used