Table 9.3
Fat and fibre intake, by minority ethnic group
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Aged 16 and over with valid scores
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1999 |
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Fat/fibre scores
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Minority ethnic group
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Black |
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Caribbean |
Indian |
Pakistani |
Bangladeshi |
Chinese |
Irish |
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Men
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Observed %
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| Fat scorea |
| Low (under 30) |
69 |
67 |
58 |
47 |
56 |
44 |
| Medium (30-40) |
19 |
22 |
25 |
32 |
32 |
34 |
| High (over 40) |
12 |
11 |
17 |
21 |
12 |
22 |
| Mean fat scorea |
27 |
27 |
29 |
32 |
29 |
33 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
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| Fibre score |
| Low (under 30) |
64 |
40 |
60 |
79 |
72 |
53 |
| Medium (30-40) |
20 |
31 |
19 |
17 |
23 |
29 |
| High (over 40) |
16 |
30 |
21 |
4 |
4 |
18 |
| Mean fibre score |
28 |
34 |
30 |
22 |
25 |
31 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
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| Women |
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| Observed % |
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| Fat scorea |
| Low (under 30) |
72 |
73 |
65 |
41 |
72 |
62 |
| Medium (30-40) |
19 |
19 |
22 |
32 |
19 |
24 |
| High (over 40) |
9 |
8 |
13 |
27 |
9 |
14 |
| Mean fat scorea |
25 |
25 |
27 |
35 |
27 |
29 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
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| Fibre score |
| Low (under 30) |
62 |
42 |
66 |
82 |
73 |
41 |
| Medium (30-40) |
27 |
35 |
24 |
13 |
21 |
35 |
| High (over 40) |
12 |
23 |
10 |
5 |
6 |
24 |
| Mean fibre score |
27 |
33 |
27 |
20 |
25 |
33 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
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| Bases (weighted): |
| Men |
| Fat |
156 |
277 |
149 |
32 |
32 |
921 |
| Fibre |
161 |
252 |
112 |
34 |
25 |
786 |
| Women |
| Fat |
214 |
291 |
141 |
25 |
46 |
1135 |
| Fibre |
227 |
238 |
122 |
35 |
39 |
1067 |
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| Bases (unweighted): |
| Men |
| Fat |
221 |
301 |
247 |
105 |
100 |
310 |
| Fibre |
232 |
264 |
192 |
127 |
81 |
259 |
| Women |
| Fat |
310 |
319 |
247 |
86 |
142 |
393 |
| Fibre |
338 |
257 |
211 |
134 |
124 |
353 |
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a Adjusted for energy requirement.
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Prepared 10 January 2001 |
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