Excessive Refined Carbohydrates and Scarce Micronutrients Intakes Increase Inflammatory Mediators and Insulin Resistance in Prepubertal and Pubertal Obese Children Independently of Obesity

Table 1

Nutrient intakes expressed as percentage of recommendation by gender and age.

% of recommendations^a
	Median	First, third quartiles	value^b
Energy	106.45	82.60, 137.40	0.085
Protein	224.51	175.75, 280.79	<0.001
Carbohydrates	190.33	145.36, 233.21	<0.001
Fat	202.78	146.63, 280.07	<0.001
Saturated fat^c	10.57	8.35, 12.33	0.014
Fiber	59.23	42.94, 78.48	<0.001
Vitamin D	89.40	48.70, 126.1	0.002
Calcium	59.48	41.32, 88.3	<0.001
Magnesium	97.19	73.33, 132.78	0.290
Omega 3	63.00	45.83, 86.65	<0.001

IOM [15, 16]; ^bsign test for medians was used to assess differences with 100% recommendation for gender and age; ^csaturated fat is expressed as 10% of total energy.