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Table 6 Dietary fiber intake (g) 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

18.1

0.7

16.2

12.2

22.6

19.7

1.4

17.0

13.8

25.5

17.5

0.8

15.4

11.9

21.0

  Rural

17.7

0.5

16.6

12.2

21.3

21.3

0.8

18.6

15.6

26.8

15.6

0.5

15.1

11.1

19.0

  Estate

20.6

1.9

17.7

12.8

28.7

24.9

2.8

22.3

14.6

33.1

15.2

1.5

16.7

8.8

19.5

Ethnicity

  Sinhala

17.7

0.4

16.4

12.1

21.4

20.2

0.8

17.8

14.1

24.9

16.4

0.5

15.6

11.3

19.7

  Muslim

18.8

1.4

18.0

12.8

24.4

22.4

2.3

22.7

16.7

24.8

17.2

1.7

15.3

12.1

19.5

  Sri Lankan Tamil

18.8

1.3

17.4

12.4

26.4

23.8

2.0

26.4

15.6

31.8

14.3

1.0

13.6

11.1

18.6

  Indian Tamil

20.6

1.9

17.6

12.8

28.7

24.5

2.6

20.8

15.2

32.7

15.0

1.6

15.5

8.7

19.9

Age group (years)

  18-30

18.1

1.0

16.9

11.7

22.3

21.6

1.7

21.0

14.2

26.5

15.3

1.1

14.4

10.7

19.2

  31-40

18.6

0.9

17.1

13.0

22.1

22.8

1.8

20.9

17.0

27.1

17.0

0.9

16.4

12.2

20.0

  41-50

18.2

0.7

17.0

13.4

22.0

19.9

1.5

17.4

14.0

25.5

17.4

0.8

16.4

12.9

20.5

  51-60

18.8

0.9

16.5

12.0

25.4

23.4

1.6

20.4

15.6

31.3

16.0

1.0

14.4

10.1

19.6

  >61

16.6

0.8

15.6

10.5

20.4

19.3

1.4

18.3

14.8

23.7

14.8

1.0

13.0

9.2

18.8

Educational level

  No Schooling

15.6

1.2

19.1

10.5

17.0

17.0

2.2

17.2

10.5

22.1

14.6

1.4

15.9

10.1

18.9

  Up to 5 years

17.6

0.8

15.4

11.8

20.4

21.9

1.7

18.3

14.1

29.1

15.0

0.8

13.6

10.8

18.8

  Up to O/L

17.6

0.6

16.3

12.2

21.0

20.5

1.1

17.4

14.1

26.8

16.2

0.6

15.6

11.4

19.6

  Up to A/L

19.9

0.8

18.4

13.9

25.3

22.3

1.3

21.0

15.8

26.9

18.2

1.1

17.7

12.8

22.1

  Graduate

17.8

1.6

18.0

10.6

23.0

24.2

2.7

23.3

22.4

27.1

15.3

1.7

13.6

9.8

20.1

BMI category

  ≤ 18.5 kgm-2

16.9

0.9

15.8

11.9

21.2

18.8

1.4

17.2

13.8

23.4

15.4

1.0

14.3

10.6

19.4

  >18.5 - ≤ 22.9 kgm-2

19.1

0.7

17.1

13.0

22.6

23.0

1.1

20.9

15.6

27.4

15.8

0.8

14.6

11.5

18.8

  >23 - ≤ 24.9 kgm-2

17.3

1.0

16.2

11.2

22.0

19.1

1.8

16.7

13.2

26.8

16.4

1.1

13.8

10.8

20.8

  > 25 - ≤ 27.5 kgm-2

18.2

0.7

17.0

13.6

22.4

20.6

1.4

17.2

15.8

26.6

17.4

0.8

16.4

13.1

20.9

  ≥ 27.5 kgm-2

17.2

1.2

15.5

9.3

20.4

23.6

4.4

21.2

11.9

33.2

17.3

0.8

16.4

13.0

20.6