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Table 3 Selected nutrient intakes by marital status

From: Impact of singlehood during pregnancy on dietary intake and birth outcomes- a study in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

 

Married/cohabiting (M/C) n = 61,646

Singles living alone (SA) n = 909

SA vs M/C*

Singles living with parents (SP) n = 218

SP vs M/C*

SA vs SP*

 

Median

P5

P95

Median

P5

P95

p-value

Median

P5

P95

p-value

p-value

Energy, MJ

9.4

6.1

14.6

9.7

5.8

15.9

0.002

10.1

5.6

16.6

<0.001

0.081

Protein energy %

15.4

12.1

19.0

15.1

11.3

19.1

<0.001

14.7

10.9

19.3

<0.001

0.002

Fat energy %

30.3

23.2

37.9

30.5

22.9

39.7

0.147

31.0

21.5

37.5

0.987

0.477

Carbohydrate energy %

53.8

46.3

61.8

53.9

44.5

63.1

0.707

54.1

46.8

64.0

0.143

0.145

Added sugar energy %

9.8

4.2

19.7

10.1

4.1

23.7

0.002

12.1

4.4

27.7

<0.001

0.001

Saturated fat g/10 MJ

31.4

23.0

41.2

32.2

22.8

43.0

<0.001

31.7

22.3

43.2

0.182

0.682

Fibre, g/10 MJ

31.3

21.1

47.7

30.1

18.3

45.9

<0.001

27.5

14.1

39.6

<0.001

<0.001

Vitamin D from food, μg/10 MJ

3.3

1.1

6.7

3.3

1.1

7.2

0.687

3.2

0.8

7.8

0.421

0.367

Total Vitamin D†, μg/d

7.9

1.8

30.5

8.1

1.5

32.6

0.783

7.1

1.2

3.19

0.039

0.061

Folate food, μg/10 MJ

277

190

412

276

178

423

0.148

263

162

391

<0.001

0.011

Total folate†, μg/d

445

174

988

426

151

1010

0.023

338

142

926

<0.001

0.001

n-3 from supplements‡, g/day

0.40

0.06

2.40

0.60

0.08

2.94

<0.001

0.41

0.05

2.79

0.869

0.109

Calcium, g/10 MJ

1.05

0.63

1.63

1.04

0.60

1.72

0.847

1.00

0.55

1.92

0.184

0.303

Magnesium, mg/10 MJ

413

326

512

410

303

530

0.124

388

301

495

0.001

<0 · 001

  1. Energy %, percentage of energy contributed by nutrient.
  2. P5, 5th percentile; P95, 95th percentile.
  3. *Mann–Whitney U test.
  4. †Including supplements.
  5. ‡Intake in supplements users only.