Table 4 Nutrient intake^† and diet quality of older adults according to nut intake categories

n (%)

1848

814 (44.0)

669 (36.2)

182 (9.8)

183 (9.9)

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Energy (Kcal)

1813 (674)

1633 (636) ^w

1862 (635) ^x

1932 (652) ^x

2314 (697) ^y

<0.001

 g/day

225 (86.7)

204 (82.6) ^w

236 (83.6) ^x

237 (85.4) ^x

266 (93.2) ^y

<0.001

 %E

50.1 (8.6)

50.4 (9.3) ^{w, x}

51.1 (7.9) ^w

49.2 (7.7) ^x

45.7 (7.6) ^y

<0.001

 g/day

72.8 (29.2)

67.4 (28.6) ^w

73.4 (28.2) ^x

76.3 (27.7) ^x

91.3 (28.5) ^y

<0.001

 %E

16.4 (4.1)

16.9 (4.4) ^{w, z}

16.0 (3.9) ^x

16.0 (3.5) ^{x, y}

16.1 (3.6) ^{x, z}

<0.001

 g/day

70.5 (33.6)

61.7 (31.3) ^w

70.9 (30.5) ^x

77.0 (31.6) ^x

102 (36.2) ^y

<0.001

 %E

34.3 (7.4)

33.3 (7.7) ^w

33.7 (6.7) ^w

35.7 (6.9) ^x

39.5 (6.1) ^y

<0.001

PUFA (g/day)

16.9 (9.1)

14.4 (8.3) ^w

17.1 (8.5) ^x

18.5 (7.7) ^x

25.3 (10.0) ^y

<0.001

MUFA (g/day)

25.2 (13.0)

21.4 (11.5) ^w

24.8 (11.4) ^x

28.2 (11.4) ^y

40.5 (15.5) ^z

<0.001

 g/day

22.3 (11.8)

20.3 (11.4) ^w

22.9 (11.3) ^x

23.7 (12.5) ^x

28.0 (12.7) ^y

<0.001

 %E

10.8 (3.2)

10.9 (3.4)

10.8 (3.0)

10.8 (3.2)

10.7 (2.9)

0.904

Fibre (g/day)

17.4 (9.2)

15.0 (8.7) ^w

17.7 (7.9) ^x

19.2 (9.0) ^x

25.5 (11.2) ^y

<0.001

Alcohol (g/d)

10.9 (6.3, 16.8)

10.6 (5.6, 16.8) ^w

9.73 (6.4,16.2) ^w

12.8 (7.0,19.3) ^x

13.0 (7.0, 19.0) ^x

<0.001

Cholesterol (mg/day)

231 (143, 346)

226 (141, 340)

236 (146, 353)

215 (138, 341)

241 (153, 350)

0.523

Sodium (mg/day)

3073 (1210)

2905 (1250) ^w

3168 (1174) ^x

3134 (1153) ^{w, x}

3413 (1098) ^x

<0.001

HEI-2015

54.5 (12.3)

51.1 (11.5) ^w

54.9 (11.6) ^x

58.9 (12.1) ^y

64.1 (12.1) ^z

<0.001