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Table 2 Dietary intake and energy expenditure of the 95 Swedish women in third trimester of pregnancy

From: Food intake and gestational weight gain in Swedish women

 

Median

Quartiles

Min

Max

Lower

Upper

Energy intake (kcal)

2404

2155

2676

1420

3445

BMR (kcal)a

1566

1519

1636

1414

1928

Total energy expenditure (kcal)b

2580

2384

2881

1869

3446

Food intake levelc

1.53

1.36

1.7

0.9

2.1

Fiber intake (g)

24

19

29

9

49

Fat intake E%

35

31

37

24

48

Protein intake E%

15

14

17

10

19

Carbohydrate intake E%

50

47

54

39

65

Saturated fatty acid intake E%

14

12

15

8

20

Sucrose E%

9

7

12

3

18

  1. aBasal metabolic rate (BMR) calculated based on pre-pregnancy weight × 1.2 to account for pregnancy (Henry 2005)
  2. bCalculated as BMR times physical activity level (estimated on a 10 graded scale (Bexelius et al. 2010)
  3. cCalculated as energy intake divided by BMR