Evaluation of dietary intake of lactating women in China and its potential impact on the health of mothers and infants

Table 2 The mean intake of food groups (g/day) during the first 90 days lactation ¹

	Lactating women				Controls
Food categories	2nd day (n = 199)	7th day (n = 195)	30th day (n = 196)	90th day (n = 173)	(n = 58)	Common varieties
Pure Calories	57 ± 4^b	59 ± 3^b	54 ± 3^ab	44 ± 2^ac	33 ± 1^c	Oil, brown sugar, chocolate
Animal Food	605 ± 25^ab	659 ± 20^ab	683 ± 23^b	580 ± 15^a	378 ± 22^c	Pork, beef, fish, Chicken, clam, duck, harslet
Nuts/seeds	8 ± 2^b	13 ± 3^ab	12 ± 2^ab	19 ± 2^a	1 ± 1^b	Peanuts, kernels, sesame
Vegetables	99 ± 8^b	123 ± 7^b	183 ± 8^a	218 ± 7^a	202 ± 11^a	Lettuce, cabbage, Bok choy, tomatoes, kidney bean
Fungi and algae	7 ± 2^a	7 ± 1^a	10 ± 2^a	18 ± 2^b	7 ± 3^a	agrocybe aegerita, lentinus edodes
Fruits	138 ± 17	118 ± 11	164 ± 12	158 ± 8	127 ± 12	Apple, banana, lichee, longan, red date
Cereals	335 ± 16^bc	355 ± 12^b	401 ± 10^a	409 ± 8^a	293 ± 13^c
– Rice and rice products	270 ± 16^a	287 ± 11^a	335 ± 11^b	364 ± 8^b	261 ± 16^a	Rice, rice noodles
– Flour and flour products	126 ± 13^b	89 ± 9^c	59 ± 6^cd	25 ± 4^a	24 ± 5^ad	Steamed bread, noodles
– Other cereals	15 ± 4^ab	16 ± 4^ab	7 ± 2^ab	19 ± 3^b	0.4 ± 0.4^a	Millet, glutinous rice, coix seed
Legumes/legumes products	18 ± 3^b	21 ± 4^ab	31 ± 6^ab	39 ± 7^a	50 ± 12^a	Soybean, soybean milk
Dairy products	29 ± 6^b	42 ± 7^b	95 ± 12^a	119 ± 10^a	39 ± 12^b	Milk, powdered milk
Root and tubers	0.4 ± 0.3^a	0.4 ± 0.3^a	4 ± 2^a	16 ± 3^b	0 ± 0^a	Potato, carrots

¹Values (mean ± SE) in the same row with different superscript letters (a, b, c, d) are significantly different P < 0.05 ~ 0.0001, Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons of the lactating women compared with the control group of women and a repeated measures analysis of Greenhouse-Geisser adjustment for asphericity for 4 different time points comparison of the lactating women.

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