Table a1a Fully adjusted^a mean daily intakes of total carbohydrates (g/day) by centre, ordered from south to north, gender and age group

From: Total dietary carbohydrate, sugar, starch and fibre intakes in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Country and centre	Men												Women
	N	All		35–44 years		45–54 years		55–64 years		65–74 years		P_trend	N	All		35–44 years		45–54 years		55–64 years		65–74 years		P_trend
		M	s.e.	M	s.e.	M	s.e.	M	s.e.	M	s.e.			M	s.e.	M	s.e.	M	s.e.	M	s.e.	M	s.e.
Greece	1311	228.8	1.7	215.2	5.1	225.8	3.5	234.5	3.2	231.2	2.8	0.13	1373	185.1	1.3	176.1	3.3	179.7	2.2	189.8	2.2	192.7	2.6	0.03
Spain
Granada	214	234.3	4.2			220.8	8.7	241.5	5.6	226.9	9.4	0.48	300	196.5	2.6	193.0	6.8	191.4	4.4	199.8	4.1	200.5	8.5	0.14
Murcia	243	249.6	3.9	246.2	12.1	260.5	7.0	239.5	5.5	275.2	13.6	0.46	304	194.8	2.6	174.9	5.2	199.4	4.4	201.9	4.3			0.82
Navarra	444	219.1	2.9	207.2	12.6	216.6	4.8	222.3	4.1	219.5	8.9	0.16	271	178.6	2.8	172.6	7.2	174.5	4.5	182.0	4.2			0.05
San Sebastian	490	214.8	2.8	208.1	6.5	215.3	3.8	215.3	5.2	219.0	13.8	0.08	244	188.7	2.9	168.7	6.2	188.8	4.7	195.6	4.9			0.06
Asturias	386	242.3	3.1	256.2	11.7	241.5	5.2	242.7	4.6	235.8	8.4	0.10	324	198.5	2.5	192.2	6.1	186.2	4.1	207.3	4.1	218.5	9.3	0.12
Italy
Ragusa	168	305.3	4.7			304.6	7.0	307.4	7.3			0.04	138	213.7	3.9	189.2	6.4	226.7	7.2	225.3	6.9			0.74
Naples													403	217.2	2.3	187.0	7.4	216.8	3.6	222.8	3.5	219.6	7.4	0.19
Florence	271	298.0	3.7	304.2	11.6	289.5	6.3	304.0	5.2			0.44	784	218.3	1.6	208.4	5.5	220.2	2.8	219.2	2.3	214.7	6.4	0.57
Turin	676	297.4	2.3	309.8	7.6	300.0	3.9	290.7	3.3	310.6	9.0	0.91	392	218.7	2.3	204.6	7.3	219.1	3.8	219.0	3.2			0.07
Varese	327	292.3	3.4			297.0	7.5	290.9	4.0	289.8	11.3	0.08	794	226.7	1.6	218.7	5.2	221.2	2.7	232.2	2.4	229.2	4.9	0.14
France
South coast													620	179.9	1.8			179.0	3.0	183.1	2.9	179.8	3.8	0.89
South													1425	194.1	1.2			193.3	1.9	194.5	1.9	198.3	2.7	0.19
North-East													2059	188.0	1.0			185.4	1.6	190.0	1.6	193.0	2.3	0.07
North-West													631	190.1	1.8			186.1	2.9	194.9	2.7	191.1	4.4	0.61
Germany
Heidelberg	1034	248.5	1.9	256.1	5.1	246.6	3.0	245.2	2.8			0.34	1087	199.4	1.4	200.2	2.4	195.6	2.5	196.7	2.3			0.13
Potsdam	1233	248.6	1.7	238.8	5.0	251.3	3.5	248.5	2.3	255.1	6.7	0.15	1061	213.7	1.4	212.8	2.8	209.8	2.7	213.7	2.1	216.2	8.8	0.32
The Netherlands
Bilthoven	1024	263.3	2.0	263.6	3.7	261.3	3.0	262.0	3.3			0.25	1086	210.7	1.4	211.7	2.5	204.1	2.1	211.3	2.7			0.63
Utrecht													1870	207.3	1.1			204.4	1.8	210.7	1.6	210.5	2.1	0.35
United Kingdom
General population	402	275.4	3.0	266.7	10.0	283.5	5.4	277.9	5.5	267.8	5.5	0.96	570	213.0	1.9	202.0	5.7	213.1	3.1	218.0	3.4	212.3	4.1	0.31
Health- conscious	114	290.9	5.7			301.2	9.3	285.1	8.8			0.80	197	229.7	3.2	224.3	10.2	229.6	5.3	230.7	5.1	230.2	8.9	0.18
Denmark
Copenhagen	1356	243.1	1.7			242.1	2.7	242.9	2.2	255.5	8.3	0.30	1484	197.3	1.2			195.4	2.0	199.2	1.5	201.5	5.6	0.09
Aarhus	567	249.1	2.6			244.9	3.6	251.5	3.6			0.24	510	205.0	2.0			207.9	2.8	202.3	2.9			0.18
Sweden
Malmö	1421	257.0	1.7			260.6	4.8	254.7	2.5	259.7	2.3	0.91	1711	200.7	1.1			200.8	2.3	199.9	1.8	206.6	1.7	0.41
Umeå	1344	274.5	1.7	278.1	5.6	271.6	3.1	276.2	2.3	272.3	4.9	0.47	1574	216.1	1.1	213.8	2.8	214.3	2.0	217.5	1.8	220.6	3.7	0.03
Norway
South & East													1004	209.9	1.5	209.9	3.5	208.9	1.8	201.6	3.6			0.26
North & West													793	210.8	1.6	206.7	3.7	208.0	2.0	213.6	4.2			0.22

Abbreviations: M, mean; s.e., standard error.
^aAdjusted for age (when not stratified for age), total energy intake, weight and height, and weighted by season and day of recall.
Data are not reported if the number of subjects per stratum is less than 20.

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Table a1a Fully adjusted^a mean daily intakes of total carbohydrates (g/day) by centre, ordered from south to north, gender and age group

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