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Table 5 Nutrients content (mean +/- standard deviation) of individual daily food baskets at baseline and under price manipulations for medium-income group (n=33)

From: Food price policies improve diet quality while increasing socioeconomic inequalities in nutrition

 

Baseline

Fruit and vegetable condition (FV)

Nutrient profile condition (NP)

FV/Baseline

NP/Baseline

(1)

(1)

Proteins (g/d)

73.81

+/-

21.3

72.26

+/-

23.7

72.52

+/-

20.0

0.4999

0.3944

Fat (g/d)

54.88

+/-

28.3

52.06

+/-

29.7

46.74

+/-

23.3

0.4247

0.0005

Cholesterol (mg/d)

340.32

+/-

102.9

290.31

+/-

102.4

284.85

+/-

114.2

<0001

<0001

PUFA* (g/d)

7.85

+/-

4.0

7.47

+/-

3.9

6.61

+/-

2.7

0.6557

0.0005

MUFA* (g/d)

20.70

+/-

11.0

18.58

+/-

10.8

17.10

+/-

8.5

0.0509

0.0002

SFA* (g/d)

22.26

+/-

11.4

22.19

+/-

12.9

19.45

+/-

10.1

0.8682

0.001

Carbohydrates (g/d)

166.99

+/-

76.1

163.23

+/-

84.1

163.40

+/-

65.2

0.7598

0.6557

Added sugars (g/d)

37.23

+/-

30.0

32.81

+/-

25.5

35.98

+/-

19.6

0.2785

0.7866

Fibers (g/d)

15.44

+/-

4.0

17.94

+/-

5.9

17.67

+/-

5.1

0.032

<0001

Ca (mg/d)

727.83

+/-

172.6

750.68

+/-

204.9

745.03

+/-

161.5

0.1532

0.1696

Fe (mg/d)

9.18

+/-

3.1

9.10

+/-

3.4

8.91

+/-

3.0

<0001

0.1997

Mg (mg/d)

236.54

+/-

56.2

271.13

+/-

69.5

269.89

+/-

58.7

0.1151

<0001

K (mg/d)

2448.22

+/-

480.5

2699.63

+/-

643.9

2661.15

+/-

586.8

<0001

<0001

Na (mg/d)

2929.25

+/-

771.3

2895.61

+/-

1031.0

2706.49

+/-

737.6

0.0607

0.0002

Vitamin A (mg/d)

772.99

+/-

155.3

1216.07

+/-

401.8

1115.96

+/-

331.5

<0001

<0001

Thiamin (mg/d)

1.01

+/-

0.3

1.07

+/-

0.4

0.94

+/-

0.3

0.2478

0.0031

Riboflavin (md/d)

1.47

+/-

0.4

1.46

+/-

0.4

1.45

+/-

0.4

0.882

0.4999

Niacin (mg/d)

14.40

+/-

3.7

14.47

+/-

4.4

14.35

+/-

3.9

0.7465

0.6812

Vitamin B6 (mg/d)

1.40

+/-

0.3

1.58

+/-

0.4

1.55

+/-

0.4

<0001

<0001

Folates (mg/d)

246.22

+/-

51.8

296.66

+/-

60.7

283.38

+/-

60.9

<0001

<0001

Vitamin B12 (μg/d)

4.62

+/-

0.7

4.28

+/-

1.0

5.19

+/-

0.8

0.0005

<0001

Vitamin C (mg/d)

82.29

+/-

11.8

124.15

+/-

37.4

119.49

+/-

34.6

<0001

<0001

Vitamin D (μg/d)

1.96

+/-

0.5

1.02

+/-

0.7

1.28

+/-

0.6

<0001

<0001

Vitamin E (mg/d)

7.20

+/-

2.0

7.57

+/-

2.3

7.23

+/-

1.8

0.0249

0.6941

  1. values are energy adjusted.
  2. (1) p-value against null hypothesis difference from baseline (Wicoxon test).
  3. *PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids, MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids, SFA: saturated fatty acids.