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Table 5 Associations between egg and dairy intake with choline intake

From: Choline intake and associations with egg and dairy consumption among pregnant women attending a high-risk antenatal clinic in South Africa: the NuEMI study

 

Sample prevalence

(N = 681)

Choline intake

<  450 mg

(N = 577)

Choline intake

≥ 450 mg

(N = 104)

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Weekly egg intake

< 0.0001

No egg intake

247

36.3

242

98.0

5

2.0

Zero to < 1

74

10.9

71

96.0

3

4.1

1 to < 3

133

19.5

121

91.0

12

9.0

3 to < 5

103

15.1

79

76.7

24

23.3

≥ 5

124

18.2

64

51.6

60

48.4

Daily dairy intake

0.0002

No dairy intake

25

3.7

25

100.0

0

0.0

<  250 g

498

73.1

433

87.0

65

13.1

≥ 250 g

158

23.2

119

75.3

39

24.7