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Table 2 Frequency of food intake stratified by protein content and associated with protein dietary supplements (>3 times per week)

From: Protein supplementation and dietary behaviours of resistance trained men and women attending commercial gyms: a comparative study between the city centre and the suburbs of Palermo, Italy

 

Yes (%)

No (%)

p

  

CC

SB

CC

SB

 

Low content (10 g or below/100 g)

Bakery

14.5

24.5

18.6

43.7

 
 

Milk

67.7

57.8

52.4

63.1

< 0.01

 

Snack

11.3

21.6

26.2

10.7

 
 

Yogurt

41.9

25.5

24.8

29

 
 

Mean%

33.85

32.35

29.75

36.6

 

Medium content (10-20 g/100 g)

Legumes

29

16.7

9

19

 
 

Nuts

11.3

22.5

2.8

15.9

 
 

Cheese

32.2

23.5

28.3

9.9

ns

 

Mean%

24.2

20.9

13.4

14.9

 

High content (20-25 g or above/100 g)

Meat

33.9

24.5

33.8

14.3

 
 

Eggs

24.1

24.5

3.4

6.3

 
 

Fresh Fish

22.5

7.8

10.3

4.4

< 0.01

 

Chicken

48.4

50

20.7

27.8

 
 

Cold Cuts

29

19.6

27.6

20.6

 
 

Canned Tuna

22.5

23.5

6.9

9.9

 
 

Mean%

30.1

25

17.1

13.9

 
  1. ns. No significance.