Dietary Intake across Reproductive Life Stages of Women in India: A Cross-Sectional Survey from 4 Districts of India
Table 2
Daily median (IQR) energy and nutrient intakes of the population (n = 1687).
Nutrients
Adolescents
% AD
Newly married females
% AD
Pregnant women
% AD
Lactating mothers
% AD
value
Energy (kcal)
1340.5 (1087.41689.5)
61.7
1404.4 (1123.2–1692.5)
73.9
1391.6 (1152.3–1822.8)
61.8
1434.7 (1434.7–1874.6)
59.3
0.008
Protein (g)
35.2 (27.1–43.3)
69.4
37.8 (29.9–46.9)
68.7
38.5 (30.6–47.9)
49.3
39.3 (31.4–51.2)
55.3
0.00
Fat (g)
25.4 (18.8–40.9)
79.3
27.4 (19.0–40.6)
140.0
28.0 (19.0–48.3)
93.3
29.3 (19.7–48.3)
97.6
0.06
Calcium (mg)
233.8 (165.9–403.3)
31.2
294.5 (192.4–493.4)
49.1
334.2 (194.8–580.0)
27.8
305.4 (193.1–511.0)
25.5
0.00
Iron (mg)
9.9 (7.3–13.5)
40.0
11.0 (7.6–15.4)
52.3
11.1 (7.6–15.2)
31.7
11.7 (8.3–15.7)
55.7
0.02
Vitamin C (mg)
43.1 (21.7–81.1)
107.5
35.7 (18.0–76.6)
90.0
43.0 (20.8–80.9)
71.6
37.7 (15.6–72.7)
47.5
0.046
Zinc (mg)
5.1 (3.8–6.5)
48.5
5.3 (4.2–6.6)
53.0
5.27 (4.0–6.7)
43.9
5.5 (4.1–6.9)
45.8
0.14
Folic acid total (mcg)
91.2 (63.5–131.5)
53.0
101.9 (66.2–137.8)
51.0
98.5 (68.2–135.7)
25.0
101.3 (73.2–138.9)
33.6
0.07
AD, adequacy; g, gram; mg, milligram; mcg, microgram; kcal, kilocalories; IQR : difference in the upper and lower medians. value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.
