Energy and nutrient intakes among Sri Lankan adults

Jayawardena, Ranil; Thennakoon, Shalika; Byrne, Nuala; Soares, Mario; Katulanda, Prasad; Hills, Andrew

doi:10.1186/1755-7682-7-34

Table 2 Energy intake (kcal) of Sri Lankan adults by socio-demographic characteristics

From: Energy and nutrient intakes among Sri Lankan adults

Characteristics	All subjects (n =463)					Men (n = 166)					Women (n = 297)
	Mean	±SE	Median	Percentiles		Mean	±SE	Median	Percentiles		Mean	±SE	Median	Percentiles
				25	75				25	75				25	75
Area of residence
Urban	1669	45	1594	1217	2005	1910	89	1899	1522	2218	1569	50	1453	1158	1885
Rural	1677	32	1590	1304	1994	1975	57	1926	1518	2300	1502	32	1462	1193	1728
Estate	1439	61	1468	1114	1690	1581	72	1635	1294	1847	1258	87	1340	973	1470
Ethnicity
Sinhala	1669	28	1256	1589	1977	1947	51	1901	1518	2247	1533	30	1447	1173	1790
Muslim	1749	84	1435	1647	2156	1949	173	1984	1458	2324	1664	91	1626	1401	2026
Sri Lankan Tamil	1671	100	1189	1526	2091	2061	161	2094	1660	2352	1317	62	1334	1071	1523
Indian Tamil	1438	61	1468	1114	1690	1546	77	1634	1225	1833	1283	90	1354	993	1472
Age group (years)
18-30	1832	75	1942	1297	2301	2166	95	2064	1942	2392	1567	91	1385	1108	2052
31-40	1808	64	1661	1403	2059	2250	148	1777	1633	2726	1641	56	1596	1346	1892
41-50	1634	46	1545	1268	1906	1810	89	1848	1418	2099	1549	51	1507	1197	1821
51-60	1614	49	1544	1233	1905	1859	70	1639	1595	2037	1465	60	1361	1134	1701
>61	1487	47	1394	1138	1747	1688	84	2155	1305	2094	1353	48	1257	1068	1626
Educational level
No schooling	1287	73	1202	905	1589	1442	115	1484	1123	1792	1181	89	1117	882	1469
Up to 5 years	1556	39	1528	1233	1831	1748	69	1715	1380	1992	1438	42	1451	1138	1655
Up to O/L	1677	40	1788	1299	2468	1970	77	1873	1493	2356	1536	41	1473	1194	1787
Up to A/L	1823	55	1763	1378	2183	2058	89	2086	1590	2292	1668	65	1583	1224	2008
Graduate	1594	102	1470	1226	2000	2221	119	2234	1977	2543	1350	78	1265	1065	1635
BMI category
≤ 18.5 kgm^-2	1548	64	1409	1173	1799	1782	113	1637	1288	2151	1354	54	1325	1135	1466
>18.5 - ≤ 22.9 kgm²	1731	45	1642	1296	2064	1946	66	1886	1522	2290	1548	56	1439	1113	1907
>23 - ≤ 24.9 kgm^-2	1666	60	1570	1294	1857	1910	118	1817	1493	2083	1532	62	1466	1233	1724
> 25 - ≤ 27.5 kgm^-2	1674	52	1677	1285	1977	1988	99	1987	1650	2324	1556	56	1579	1224	1790
≥ 27.5 kgm^-2	1541	54	1520	1169	1871	1851	147	1892	1569	2103	1491	56	1430	1138	1728

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