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 7 Sodium intake (mg) 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	2729	102	2509	1835	3411	3100	196	3003	1952	3893	2574	116	2362	1711	3242
Rural	2890	81	2582	2025	3507	3396	155	3190	2448	4211	2605	84	2374	1870	3143
Estate	2477	156	2378	1800	3072	2889	184	2665	2377	3502	1954	200	2036	1359	2350
Ethnicity
Sinhala	2769	61	2523	1934	3391	3155	107	2969	2228	3877	2580	70	2372	1825	3225
Muslim	3012	301	2610	1941	3910	2983	345	3256	2085	3760	3023	407	2469	1612	4023
Sri Lankan Tamil	3306	333	2797	1954	4487	4400	588	4492	2624	5463	2311	176	2189	1803	2859
Indian Tamil	2488	154	2378	1800	3072	2831	184	2598	2144	3467	1997	209	2096	1440	2363
Age group (years)
18-30	3045	145	3071	2186	3519	3436	238	3179	2536	4258	2736	162	2873	1915	3441
31-40	2940	144	2532	2048	3667	3883	311	3856	2379	4669	2584	135	2390	1903	2985
41-50	2778	99	2536	2048	3667	2976	173	2655	2163	3833	2683	120	2480	2023	3245
51-60	2832	162	2448	1817	3441	3188	307	2560	2013	3924	2616	180	2211	1678.	3299
>61	2564	114	2363	1652	3265	3108	187	3106	2290	3822	2201	123	2003	1577	2511
Educational level
No schooling	2290	193	2157	1359	2954	2923	279	2530	2200	3562	1855	206	1740	1203	2302
Up to 5 years	2697	114	2403	1847	3351	2984	169	2772	2198	3813	2521	148	2188	1684	3032
Up to O/L	2825	104	2500	1944	3461	3353	233	3200	2057	3910	2571	99	2371	1903	3031
Up to A/L	2971	113	2715	2122	3437	3300	187	2999	2479	4385	2755	136	2645	1937	3249
Graduate	3046	269	3126	1739	3910	4384	447	4432	3562	5215	2526	241	2663	1506	3408
BMI category
≤ 18.5 kgm^-2	2580	147	2296	1649	3383	3124	252	2927	2052	4219	2129	129	2054	1541	2793
>18.5 - ≤ 22.9 kgm²	3029	114	2665	2069	3622	3464	192	3231	2509	4111	2659	121	2449	1879	3261
>23 - ≤ 24.9 kgm^-2	2775	150	2486	1914	3241	2896	232	2536	1958	3716	2708	196	2443	1858	3211
> 25 - ≤ 27.5 kgm^-2	2756	120	2509	1974	3405	3179	119	3213	2278	4126	2596	143	2257	1800	3240
≥ 27.5 kgm^-2	2615	133	2351	1769	3502	3286	435	3810	2099	4306	2507	135	2255	1660	3287

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