Table 5

Micronutrient densities: four large male and female dietary clusters

Male populationMale—large clustersFemale populationFemale—large clusters
MC1
Beer/ convenience (n=366)
MC2 Traditional (n=192)MC3 Sweet/mixed (n=190)MC4 Healthy (n=185)p ValueFC1 Traditional (n=355)FC2 Healthy/ cosmopolitan (n=275)FC3 Convenience (n=229)FC4 Healthy/sweet (n=168)p Value
Retinol equivalents (μg)683 (25.5)618.0 (39.6)614.4 (43.2)916.0 (94.1)613.9 (39.7) *** 869 (33.6)631 (680)1191 (1617)678 (924)1056 (1001) ***
Vitamin D (μg)1.42 (0.04)1.17 (0.09)1.39 (0.07)1.72 (0.07)1.74 (0.11) *** 1.54 (0.04)1.38 (0.05)1.62 (0.08)1.33 (0.11)2.17 (0.12) ***
Vitamin E (mg)4.08 (0.05)3.89 (0.10)3.37 (0.08)4.42 (0.12)4.56 (0.12) *** 4.29 (0.05)3.73 (0.06)4.69 (0.10)4.23 (0.13)5.14 (0.14) ***
Vitamin C (mg)27.9 (0.52)23.93 (0.79)21.51 (0.66)27.12 (0.85)39.87 (1.67) *** 38.2 (0.78)28.58 (0.83)52.82 (1.92)33.54 (1.78)42.50 (1.77) ***
Thiamin (mg)0.07 (0.01)0.67 (0.01)0.69 (0.01)0.75 (0.01)0.76 (0.01) *** 0.76 (0.01)0.74 (0.01)0.79 (0.01)0.71 (0.02)0.82 (0.01) ***
Riboflavin (mg)0.86 (0.01)0.83 (0.02)0.78 (0.02)0.94 (0.02)0.96 (0.02) *** 0.96 (0.01)0.87 (0.01)1.10 (0.03)0.86 (0.03)1.09 (0.03) ***
Niacin equivalents (mg)16.6 (0.13)16.82 (0.27)15.27 (0.43)16.28 (0.22)18.08 (0.28) *** 17.6 (0.15)15.88 (0.20)19.69 (0.35)16.52 (0.31)18.22 (0.32) ***
Vitamin B6 (mg)1.02 (0.01)1.08 (0.02)0.90 (0.02)0.96 (0.02)1.11 (0.02) *** 0.96 (0.01)0.90 (0.01)1.05 (0.02)0.91 (0.02)0.98 (0.02) ***
Vitamin B12 (μg)3.02 (0.07)2.99 (0.11)2.64 (0.12)3.42 (0.26)3.06 (0.14) * 3.23 (0.09)2.60 (0.10)4.12 (0.22)2.87 (0.19)3.51 (0.21) ***
Folate (μg)129 (1.4)133.34 (3.53)116.47 (1.98)120.89 (1.97)141.39 (2.58) *** 130 (1.5)113.4 (1.73)151.2 (3.10)120.8 (4.20)143.3 (3.26) ***
Biotin (μg)16.5 (0.58)16.95 (1.67)14.19 (0.33)16.24 (0.29)18.54 (0.47)17.6 (0.45)14.18 (0.23)20.14 (0.56)17.44 (1.87)19.07 (0.90) ***
Pantothenic acid (mg)2.61 (0.03)2.68 (0.05)2.41 (0.04)2.53 (0.04)2.82 (0.08) *** 2.78 (2.65)2.60 (0.04)3.08 (0.06)2.66 (0.07)2.90 (0.06) ***
Iron (mg)5.69 (0.07)5.49 (0.16)5.26 (0.12)6.03 (0.12)6.26 (0.13) *** 6.4 (0.08)5.81 (0.01)7.46 (0.19)5.73 (0.17)6.87 (0.18) ***
Calcium (mg)386 (3.5)335.95 (7.49)375.94 (5.59)403.55 (5.39)442.04 (8.36) *** 437 (4.4)417.3 (5.97)467.6 (8.05)404.5 (13.83)491.9 (8.85) ***
Potassium (mg)1322 (9.0)1314.4 (19.5)1238.3 (15.8)1277.4 (15.5)1457.4 (17.3) *** 1485 (12)1345.8 (15.5)1658.9 (24.1)1385.4 (29.8)1582.9 (24.3) ***
Magnesium (mg)133 (1.3)130.5 (3.07)118.8 (1.87)131.5 (1.85)148.5 (1.97) *** 143 (1.4)124.2 (1.71)164.8 (2.56)133.4 (3.68)157.6 (3.04) ***
Phosphorus (mg)600 (3.7)585.9 (7.69)557.8 (5.96)603.7 (6.20)667.9 (8.46) *** 650 (4.7)598.5 (5.95)725.8 (9.19)600.00 (12.56)717.4 (10.5) ***
Copper (mg)0.66 (0.01)0.65 (0.02)0.60 (0.01)0.70 (0.02)0.68 (0.02) *** 0.74 (0.01)0.66 (0.01)0.86 (0.02)0.69 (0.02)0.80 (0.02) ***
Zinc (mg)4.71 (0.05)4.83 (0.13)4.41 (0.06)4.61 (0.07)5.00 (0.08) *** 5.08 (0.05)4.76 (0.16)5.65 (0.08)4.83 (0.16)5.37 (0.11) ***
Iodine (μg)97 (1.0)98.38 (1.93)89.96 (2.93)94.11 (1.70)105.4 (1.92) *** 103 (1.2)98.86 (2.17)106.98 (2.09)97.61 (3.02)112.96 (2.65) ***