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Table 4 Variability in energy and nutrient intake among women disaggregated by district and season

From: Dietary intake and socio-economic predictors of inadequate energy and nutrient intake among women of childbearing age in Karamoja sub-region of Uganda

Energy and nutrient intake

Season

District

Abima (N = 192(164))

Kaabongb (N = 188(165))

Morotoc (N = 184(165))

Amudatd (N = 185 (142))

F pr. < 0.05

LSD (5%)

Energy (kcal)

1

1685.0 ± 1071ab

1400.0 ± 620.6bad

1714.0 ± 863.5cb

1851.0 ± 734.1db

 < 0.001

169.8

2

1814.0 ± 1018.0abd

2408.0 ± 1044.0bac

2078.0 ± 982.8cab

2150.0 ± 764.8da

 < 0.001

195.0

Protein (g)

1

51.1 ± 32.5ab

44.8 ± 21.5bad

48.7 ± 24.9

53.1 ± 26db

0.017

5.4

2

57.8 ± 34.5

59.3 ± 27.3

55.4 ± 26.7

55.7 ± 23.5

0.503

5.7

Carbohydrate (g)

1

267.0 ± 150.4ad

276.5 ± 124.6bd

286.9 ± 126.1 cd

316.4 ± 130.7dabc

0.003

26.9

2

288.7 ± 161.5abd

370.5 ± 156.9ba

341.0 ± 163.7cad

394.3 ± 138.5dac

 < 0.001

31.5

Fibre (g)

1

28.8 ± 17.0abd

24.9 ± 12.1ba

23.6 ± 12.2ca

24.9 ± 11.5da

 < 0.001

2.7

2

29.1 ± 18.1

26.6 ± 14.9bd

28.2 ± 15.0 cd

32.3 ± 13.3dbc

0.004

3.1

Calcium (mg)

1

476.8 ± 509.3abd

311.7 ± 414.4bac

449.4 ± 392.2cbd

1018.0 ± 702.1dabc

 < 0.01

104.8

2

688.4 ± 646.0abcd

705.9 ± 505.1bacd

444.1 ± 325.9.cabd

932.5 ± 560.2dabc

 < 0.001

105.3

Iron (mg)

1

16.1 ± 11.6abd

13.8 ± 6.6bad

15.5 ± 8.5 cd

9.8 ± 4.4dabc

 < 0.001

1.7

2

22.4 ± 15.9abcd

17.7 ± 9.4bad

16.9 ± 8.7cad

13.3 ± 5.2dabc

 < 0.001

2.2

Zinc (mg)

1

8.0 ± 5.3acd

7.2 ± 3.7bd

7.1 ± 3.9cad

10.0 ± 4.8dabc

 < 0.001

0.9

2

9.5 ± 6.5acd

8.8 ± 4.6bd

7.9 ± 4.1cad

11.2 ± 4.5dabc

 < 0.001

1.0

Folate (dfe) (µg)

1

274.8 ± 191.1abcd

120.3 ± 79.7bac

185.9 ± 125.6cabd

134.7 ± 54.8dac

 < 0.001

25.2

2

276.6 ± 156.4abd

310.2 ± 163.9bacd

255.1 ± 150.0cbd

184.9 ± 68.1dabc

 < 0.001

28.7

  1. 1 = harvesting season; 2 = planting season. a—Abim District, b—Kaabong District, c—Moroto District, d—Amudat District. Significant differences among districts are indicated as superscripts on intake levels of different nutrient