Dietary intakes in people with irritable bowel syndrome

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 3 Daily energy and nutrient intake of the study population (mean ± SD) by gender compared to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey

Total daily intakes	IBS Men (n = 23)	NDNS Men†	P ^‡	IBS Women (n = 81)	NDNS Women†	P ^‡
Energy intake (MJ)	10.86 ± 3.435	8.88 ± 2.388	0.011	9.422 ± 3.027	6.54 ± 1.730	< 0.001
Carbohydrate (g)	335 ± 115.0	275 ± 79	0.020	287 ± 94.0	203 ± 59	< 0.001
Protein (g)	92.0 ± 31.64	88.2 ± 32.67	0.574	84.9 ± 30.69	63.7 ± 16.61	< 0.001
Fat (g)	90.2 ± 36.84	86.5 ± 28.17	0.636	76.1 ± 31.72	61.4 ± 21.72	< 0.001
% energy from carbohydrates	52.1 ± 8.11	47.7 ± 6.03	0.017	51.2 ± 6.90	48.5 ± 6.72	0.001
% energy from protein	14.2 ± 2.41	16.5 ± 3.63	< 0.001	15.1 ± 2.69	16.6 ± 3.50	< 0.001
% energy from fat	30.3 ± 5.15	35.8 ± 5.63	< 0.001	29.6 ± 5.50	34.9 ± 6.52	< 0.001
% energy from alcohol	6.3 ± 7.17	6.5 ± 7.20	0.886	5.2 ± 6.85	3.9 ±5.11	0.087
Non-starch polysaccharides (g)	25.9 ± 10.12	15.2 ± 6.04	< 0.001	22.7 ± 9.09	12.6 ± 5.01	< 0.001
Calcium (mg)	1046 ± 352.9	1007 ± 411.2	0.604	1002 ± 390.8	777 ± 268.7	< 0.001
Vitamin C (mg)	177 ± 80.0	83.4 ± 54.45	< 0.001	152 ± 62.9	81.0 ± 49.93	< 0.001
Folate (μg)	412 ± 121.4	344 ± 126.8	0.014	337 ± 102.8	251 ± 89.9	< 0.001
Riboflavin (mg)	2.2 ± 0.75	2.11 ± 0.939	0.626	2.0 ± 0.72	1.6 ± 0.638	< 0.001

† Mean daily intakes from food sources only of men and women in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (Henderson et al. 2003)
^‡Significance was assessed using two-tailed one-sample t-tests.

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