Table 3 Seasonal variability in energy and nutrient intake among women segregated by district
District | Season | Energy and nutrients | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy (Kcal/d) | Proteins (g/d) | Carbohydrates (g/d) | Calcium (mg/d) | Iron (mg/d) | Zinc (mg/d) | Folate (dfe) (µg/d) | |||||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Abim (N = 164) | A | 1691.8 | 1098.3 | 51.5 | 33.7 | 266.9 | 154.7 | 503.5 | 535.6 | 16.6 | 12.1 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 274.6 | 186.0 |
B | 1813.8 | 1017.7 | 57.8 | 34.5 | 288.7 | 161.5 | 688.4 | 646.0 | 22.4 | 15.9 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 276.7 | 156.4 | |
p < 0.05 | 0.211 | 0.08 | 0.138 | 0.05 | 0.000 | 0.026 | 0.900 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
Kaabong (N = 165) | A | 1398.8 | 638.0 | 44.6 | 22.3 | 276.8 | 125.7 | 313.9 | 431.4 | 13.8 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 120.9 | 77.9 |
B | 2408.4 | 1044.5 | 59.3 | 27.3 | 370.5 | 156.9 | 705.9 | 505.1 | 17.7 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 310.2 | 163.9 | |
p < 0.05 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
Moroto (N = 167) | A | 1681.0 | 885.5 | 47.7 | 25.1 | 279.7 | 128.1 | 441.2 | 397.7 | 15.0 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 181.4 | 125.8 |
B | 2052.7 | 1002.8 | 54.7 | 27.2 | 336.9 | 166.9 | 438.8 | 327.6 | 16.7 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 252.0 | 151.7 | |
p < 0.05 | 0.0 | 0.007 | 0.000 | 0.95 | 0.051 | 0.018 | 0.000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
Amudat (N = 142) | A | 1898.3 | 708.7 | 54.8 | 23.7 | 323.5 | 127.8 | 1074.4 | 659.6 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 10.1 | 4.2 | 137.4 | 51.4 |
B | 2150.1 | 764.8 | 55.7 | 23.5 | 394.4 | 138.5 | 932.5 | 560.2 | 13.3 | 5.2 | 11.2 | 4.5 | 184.9 | 68.1 | |
p < 0.05 | 0.003 | 0.714 | 0.000 | 0.042 | 0.000 | 0.026 | 0.000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |