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Table 2 Median daily nutritional intake of male prisoners and guards based on 24-hour dietary recall data and gift recall data

From: Cross-sectional dietary deficiencies among a prison population in Papua New Guinea

 

Prisoners n=148

Guards n=9

P 1

Median (P25, P75)

Median (P25, P75)

Energy (kJ)

7430 (6170, 8600)

8360 (6990, 9150)

NA2

Protein (g)

50.5 (41.2, 59.6)

73.3 (46.2, 78.2)

NA2

Total fat (% energy)

13.0 (11.6, 15.0)

30.1 (26.8, 42.0)

0.002*

Saturated fat (% energy)

7.15 (6.07, 8.34)

13.6 (10.2, 16.9)

0.015*

Cholesterol (mg)

45.9 (29.9, 57.9)

109.0 (47.0, 158.0)

0.083

Carbohydrates (% energy)

76.4 (73.7, 82.0)

57.7 (47.1, 62.8)

0.002*

Total dietary fibre (g)

9.80 (8.08, 11.8)

16.9 (15.5, 17.4)

0.083

Total vitamin A (μg)

54.1 (14.8, 104)

666 (248, 857)

0.014*

 ß-carotene equiv (μg)

556 (27.6, 1100)

6620 (1035, 7710)

0.069

 Retinol (μg)

12.4 (7.66, 16.6)

129 (52, 159)

0.083

Thiamin (mg)

1.09 (0.875, 1.30)

0.97 (0.75, 1.10)

0.372

Riboflavin (mg)

0.308 (0.242, 0.383)

0.812 (0.614, 1.09)

0.001*

Niacin equiv. (mg)

23.7 (19.5, 28.2)

22.8 (21.5, 27.1)

0.746

Vitamin B6 (mg)

1.57 (1.02, 1.85)

1.58 (1.13, 1.87)

0.717

Vitamin B12 (μg)

2.83 (1.49, 3.11)

3.06 (2.11, 4.59)

0.495

Folate (μg)

76.4 (61.3, 93.1)

238 (108, 263)

0.015*

Vitamin C (mg)

5.7 (1.3, 10.2)

85.1 (29.5, 105.0)

0.012*

Vitamin E (mg)

1.68 (1.15, 2.30)

7.69 (4.55, 9.84)

0.015*

Sodium (mg)

1560 (1230, 1920)

1710 (1350, 2340)

0.717

Magnesium (mg)

182 (150, 223)

290 (233, 328)

0.083

Potassium (mg)

677 (512, 870)

1970 (1560, 2844)

0.002*

Calcium (mg)

137 (107, 202)

382 (287, 496)

0.015*

Iron (mg)

12.7 (10.3, 15.3)

13.7 (10.3, 16.3)

0.717

Zinc (mg)

8.71 (6.78, 10.4)

7.92 (4.90, 9.72)

0.746

  1. 1 Generated from Median test.
  2. 2 NA – Not Applicable; Prisoners and guards have different requirements based on body mass.
  3. * Significant P-value p<0.05.