Table 5 Mean food group serves per nutrient intake quintile for the WATCH children at three years of age

From: Dietary intake and food sources of one-carbon metabolism nutrients in preschool aged children

Food group serves

Quintiles of nutrient intake

 
 

0 (n=8)

1 (n=8)

2 (n=8)

3 (n=8)

4 (n=8)

P value

Methionine

Grains

2.06

1.33

1.68

1.83

2.17

0.4467

Vegetables

1.01

1.14

1.62

1.48

1.31

0.3643

Fruit

0.96

1.74

2.28

1.54

1.25

0.8169

Dairy and alternatives

1.22

1.36

1.89

2.74

3.88

0.0015

Meat and alternatives

0.54

0.61

0.71

0.89

1.08

0.0065

Discretionary foods

1.33

4.02

1.98

3.01

2.94

0.3649

Choline

Grains

2.07

1.18

1.52

2.12

2.18

0.2224

Vegetables

0.82

1.34

1.12

1.27

2.01

0.0229

Fruit

1.50

1.92

1.03

1.05

2.27

0.6874

Dairy and alternatives

1.21

1.66

2.63

3.29

2.30

0.0906

Meat and alternatives

0.42

0.58

0.68

0.91

1.24

 < .0001

Discretionary foods

2.01

2.42

3.04

2.88

2.94

0.3441

Vitamin B6

Grains

1.47

1.90

1.54

2.04

2.12

0.1229

Vegetables

1.07

1.24

0.97

1.94

1.35

0.2328

Fruit

0.71

1.57

1.13

2.14

2.21

0.0236

Dairy and alternatives

1.55

1.49

2.75

3.54

1.77

0.2735

Meat and alternatives

0.50

0.54

0.61

1.03

1.15

0.0001

Discretionary foods

1.51

2.23

3.93

1.94

3.67

0.0928

Vitamin B12

Grains

1.45

2.05

1.43

1.75

2.39

0.0909

Vegetables

0.85

1.68

1.30

1.52

1.22

0.5947

Fruit

1.51

2.15

1.35

1.38

1.37

0.5217

Dairy and alternatives

1.21

1.15

2.25

3.53

2.97

0.0063

Meat and alternatives

0.54

0.76

0.55

0.85

1.13

0.0112

Discretionary foods

2.42

2.57

2.67

2.20

3.42

0.5057

Folate

Grains

1.33

1.93

1.82

2.18

1.81

0.1974

Vegetables

0.86

1.35

0.92

2.37

1.06

0.1720

Fruit

1.21

1.44

1.77

2.05

1.29

0.6393

Dairy and alternatives

2.14

1.92

1.42

1.97

3.65

0.1742

Meat and alternatives

0.52

0.50

0.75

1.13

0.93

0.0028

Discretionary foods

1.86

1.37

3.56

2.15

4.34

0.0138

Vitamin B2

Grains

2.08

1.67

1.54

1.94

1.83

0.8092

Vegetables

0.92

1.74

1.18

1.61

1.12

0.7908

Fruit

1.67

1.42

2.00

1.62

1.06

0.5320

Dairy and alternatives

1.36

1.58

2.22

2.49

3.44

0.0209

Meat and alternatives

0.55

0.73

0.85

0.93

0.77

0.2294

Discretionary foods

1.16

3.19

3.19

2.14

3.61

0.1090

  1. *P values are for linear trend across the quintiles. Statistically significant association p < 0.0197
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