Nutrient composition of the 24-hour recall-based evening meal by source in 1793 children who provided information on evening meal source
| Nutrient composition of evening meal | Source of evening meal | P value (no difference) | |
| Home (n=1637) | Takeaway restaurant (n=156) | ||
| Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | ||
| Total energy (kcals) | 527 (510 to 543) | 686 (643 to 728) | <0.0001 |
| Energy density | 4.3 (4.2 to 4.4) | 5.8 (5.4 to 6.2) | <0.0001 |
| Fat % energy | 33.3 (32.7 to 34.0) | 39.7 (37.6 to 41.8) | <0.0001 |
| Saturated fat % energy | 11.3 (10.9 to 11.6) | 15.6 (14.5 to 16.6) | <0.0001 |
| Monounsaturated fat % energy | 11.4 (11.1 to 11.7) | 13.1 (12.2 to 14.0) | 0.0003 |
| Polyunsaturated fat % energy | 6.8 (6.5 to 7.0) | 5.6 (4.8 to 6.4) | 0.005 |
| Carbohydrates % energy | 50.6 (49.8 to 51.3) | 46.1 (43.8 to 48.5) | 0.0004 |
| Sugars % energy | 30.5 (29.7 to 31.4) | 27.4 (25.2 to 29.7) | 0.01 |
| Starch % energy | 19.6 (18.6 to 20.6) | 18.0 (15.4 to 20.7) | 0.25 |
| Non-starch polysaccharides (g) | 3.7 (3.5 to 3.9) | 3.8 (3.3 to 4.3) | 0.74 |
| Protein % energy | 16.1 (15.6 to 16.5) | 13.8 (12.6 to 15.0) | 0.0003 |
| Vitamin B12 (µg)* | 1.0 (1.0 to 1.1) | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.4) | 0.15 |
| Vitamin C (mg)* | 16.6 (15.6 to 17.7) | 13.7 (11.2 to 16.8) | 0.08 |
| Iron (mg)* | 2.1 (2.0 to 2.1) | 2.3 (2.0 to 2.6) | 0.10 |
| Folate (µg)* | 40.2 (38.6 to 41.8) | 47.7 (42.0 to 54.2) | 0.01 |
| Calcium (mg)* | 123.9 (117.5 to 130.5) | 124.4 (107.6 to 143.7) | 0.96 |
Adjusted means and 95% CIs are adjusted for age (quartiles), sex, month, ethnic group, socioeconomic status and school (random effect).
*Geometric means are presented for variables that were log transformed prior to undertaking the analysis.