Table 4b Contribution to iron intake by food group (percentage) by gender

From: Variation in intakes of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron and potassium in 10 countries in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study

 

Men

Women

 

Country

Whole cohort

Country

Whole cohort

 

Greece

Spain

Italy

Germany

The Netherlands

United Kingdom a

Denmark

Sweden

Mean

s.d.

Greece

Spain

Italy

France

Germany

The Netherlands

United Kingdom a

Denmark

Norway

Sweden

Mean

s.d.

Potatoes

0.8

2.6

1.4

1.0

2.0

1.8

5.4

4.3

2.4

1.6

1.7

2.6

0.7

1.6

1.0

1.7

1.5

4.5

1.6

1.8

1.9

1.0

Vegetables

18.3

8.5

11

8.2

6.0

8.2

6.2

4.3

8.8

4.3

21.7

12.5

13.2

11.7

11.8

7.2

10.3

8.3

5.8

6.2

10.9

4.4

Legumes

1.8

2.6

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.6

0.1

0.2

0.8

0.9

1.6

2.2

0.7

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.6

0.7

Fruit

2.8

6.8

8.7

6.9

3.3

2.9

2.5

3.2

4.6

2.4

4.0

10.4

11.4

6.9

9.5

5.1

4.8

4.3

3.9

5.4

6.6

2.7

Dairy and products

1.9

2.8

2.4

1.8

0.9

3.0

1.2

2.2

2.0

0.7

2.4

5.3

3.4

3.0

2.2

1.2

3.5

1.3

2.1

2.4

2.7

1.1

Cereals and products

39.0

22.3

26.8

27.9

32.8

39.7

39.3

29.4

32.2

6.6

36.8

22.7

27.4

25.3

26.3

31.5

38.9

40.9

38.9

28.1

31.7

6.3

Meats and products

8.7

25.6

18.6

24.6

22.9

14.1

23.2

34.5

21.5

7.8

7.2

20.7

17.5

22.9

16.3

17.0

11.1

16.6

23.8

28.3

18.1

5.8

Fish and products

14.5

8.5

2.6

1.3

1.6

4.1

2.5

2.5

4.7

4.6

15.1

8.7

2.7

4.8

1.2

1.5

3.4

2.5

2.4

2.8

4.5

4.1

Eggs

0.4

1.5

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.9

1.0

0.8

0.3

0.4

1.4

0.9

0.7

0.6

0.8

0.7

0.9

1.0

1.1

0.9

0.3

Fats

0.2

0

0

0.2

0

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.2

0

0

0.1

0.1

0

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

Sugars

0.8

0.7

1.6

1.5

5.7

1.6

1.7

2.2

2.0

1.6

1.2

1.0

2.0

2.3

2.0

5.2

1.7

2.0

2.3

2.8

2.3

1.1

Cakes

1.0

1.8

3.4

2.7

2.5

5.7

1.7

3.4

2.8

1.4

2.0

3.3

4.8

3.4

3.1

4.1

5.6

2.2

3.2

4.1

3.6

1.0

Beverages, non-alcoholic

1.5

0.7

2.5

14.0

10.8

2.7

2.7

2.3

4.7

4.9

2.2

1.5

3.8

4.4

16.6

12.0

3.8

3.9

1.9

3.0

5.3

4.7

Alcoholic beverages

5.9

10.2

15.4

3.5

2.6

7.1

9.3

3.5

7.2

4.3

1.7

2.7

6.3

7.1

4.0

4.3

6.6

8.9

5.7

4.4

5.2

2.1

Sauces

1.1

0.8

2.9

1.9

1.8

2.4

1.5

3.2

2.0

0.8

1.1

1.0

2.7

1.4

1.9

1.6

2.5

1.2

2.3

3.2

1.9

0.7

Soups

0.3

3.0

0.3

1.2

2.7

0.8

0.4

2.0

1.3

1.1

0.2

2.3

0.4

2.4

1.0

2.9

1.1

0.5

1.9

2.4

1.5

0.9

  1. Abbreviation: s.d., standard deviation.
  2. a UK general population only.
  3. The three highest food groups within each country are highlighted in bold.