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Table 5 Average daily intake dietary nitrates, nitrites and total nitrites by reported maternal race/ethnicity

From: Maternal characteristics associated with the dietary intake of nitrates, nitrites, and nitrosamines in women of child-bearing age: a cross-sectional study

 

Unadjusted

Adjustedb

 

Meana

Median

Range

Meana

Median

Range

Nitrate

mg/day

mg/1000 calories/day

   White non-Hispanic

45.54 ± 34.72

37.02

3.01-638.44

31.97 ± 21.86

26.48

4.19-280.27

   Black non-Hispanic

68.42 ± 65.62

48.41

5.39-692.23

42.09 ± 36.65

32.31

4.81-335.96

   Hispanic

56.68 ± 43.23

45.29

2.51-382.06

29.23 ± 18.79

24.36

4.48-234.33

   Asian/Pacific Islander

87.66 ± 79.36

64.03

8.03-556.12

54.61 ± 38.90

43.92

8.29-301.25

   Other

60.42 ± 72.74

42.37

9.84-809.64

33.11 ± 22.08

27.83

7.37-175.05

   All women

52.33 ± 45.60

40.84

2.51-809.64

33.21 ± 24.62

26.75

4.19-335.96

Nitrite

mg/day

mg/1000 calories/day

   White non-Hispanic

1.55 ± 0.85

1.40

0.12-26.51

1.08 ± 0.35

1.04

0.15-3.25

   Black non-Hispanic

1.91 ± 1.27

1.64

0.20-13.53

1.13 ± 0.41

1.08

0.26-2.69

   Hispanic

2.30 ± 1.38

2.04

0.19-19.78

1.18 ± 0.37

1.15

0.23-3.41

   Asian/Pacific Islander

2.10 ± 1.51

1.67

0.10-12.23

1.28 ± 0.46

1.22

0.34-2.79

   Other

1.94 ± 1.73

1.55

0.36-18.59

1.06 ± 0.35

1.05

0.26-2.10

   All women

1.78 ± 1.14

1.53

0.10-26.51

1.11 ± 0.37

1.07

0.15-3.41

Total nitrite

mg/day

mg/1000 calories/day

   White non-Hispanic

3.83 ± 2.22

3.37

0.36-39.66

2.68 ± 1.22

2.45

0.36-15.65

   Black non-Hispanic

5.34 ± 4.18

4.23

0.47-48.14

3.24 ± 2.03

2.76

0.56-18.58

   Hispanic

5.13 ± 3.18

4.41

0.31-38.89

2.64 ± 1.09

2.49

0.45-13.08

   Asian/Pacific Islander

6.48 ± 4.92

5.07

0.71-35.91

4.00 ± 2.12

3.45

0.82-17.24

   Other

4.97 ± 5.11

3.84

1.12-59.07

2.71 ± 1.22

2.48

0.99-9.65

   All women

4.41 ± 3.05

3.69

0.31-59.07

2.77 ± 1.37

2.51

0.35-18.58

Nitrosamine

μg/day

μg/1000 calories/day

   White non-Hispanic

0.548 ± .315

0.487

0.017-7.304

0.380 ± 0.157

0.361

0.014-1.945

   Black non-Hispanic

0.534 ± .396

0.448

0.029-3.187

0.315+0.210

0.280

0.031-2.556

   Hispanic

0.531 ± .348

0.463

0.050-3.878

0.278 ± 0.122

0.262

0.052-1.273

   Asian/Pacific Islander

0.501 ± .386

0.413

0.009-2.852

0.305 ± 0.137

0.289

0.043-0.815

   Other

0.507 ± .373

0.427

0.066-.3444

0.283 ± 0.117

0.267

0.044-0.738

   All women

0.541 ± .337

0.472

0.009-7.304

0.344 ± 0.162

0.322

0.014-2.556

  1. aMean value ± the standard deviation
  2. bAdjusted for daily caloric intake (values presented per 1000 calories consumed)