Variable Pear Pop. Usual Intake Percentile EAR
Mean ± SE P 10 25 50 75 90 % Below ± SE P
Protein (gm) Consumer 78.0 ± 2.8 0.0866 50.8 60.3 73.1 89.9 111 1.7 ± 1.4 0.7946
Non-Consumer 82.8 ± 0.4 51.2 62.8 79 99.3 120 2.0 ± 0.2
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) Consumer 686.2 ± 32.5 0.0188 459.8 623.8 633.1 720.6 961.6 20.5 ± 2.6 <0.0001
Non-Consumer 608.9 ± 5.6 291.8 402.6 560.8 762.5 986.8 49.5 ± 0.8
Vitamin D (mcg) Consumer 4.8 ± 0.3 0.5425 2 2.9 4.4 6.2 8.2 96.2 ± 2.1 0.7347
Non-Consumer 4.6 ± 0.1 1.7 2.7 4 5.9 8.2 95.5 ± 0.3
Vitamin E (mg) Consumer 8.0 ± 0.4 0.102 4.2 5.6 7.5 9.9 12.5 88.0 ± 3.1 0.1185
Non-Consumer 7.4 ± 0.1 4.1 5.3 6.9 9 11.2 93.0 ± 0.4
Thiamin (mg) Consumer 1.7 ± 0.1 0.82 1 1.3 1.6 2 2.4 5.1 ± 2.9 0.6513
  Non-Consumer 1.6 ± 0.01 1 1.2 1.6 2 2.4 6.4 ± 0.4
Riboflavin (mg) Consumer 2.2 ± 0.1 0.8515 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.6 3.2 1.7 ± 1.0 0.5274
Non-Consumer 2.2 ± 0.01 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.7 3.3 2.4 ± 0.2
Niacin (mg) Consumer 24.2 ± 1.0 0.53 16.2 18.8 22.3 27.6 34.9 0.2 ± 1.1 0.1381
Non-Consumer 24.8 ± 0.1 14.9 18.5 23.6 30 36.6 1.9 ± 0.3
Folate, DFE (mcg) Consumer 569.0 ± 21.3 0.2728 333.4 423.2 541.5 684.3 837 8.3 ± 2.2 0.1548
Non-Consumer 545.3 ± 3.3 309.4 395.1 513.5 661.2 822.1 11.5 ± 0.5
Vitamin B12 (mcg) Consumer 4.8 ± 0.2 0.0507 2.3 3.2 4.5 6 7.7 6.8 ± 3.0 0.275
Non-Consumer 5.3 ± 0.04 2.6 3.5 4.8 6.5 8.4 3.5 ± 0.3
Vitamin C (mg) Consumer 107.6 ± 5.7 0.0002 53.9 71.1 96.9 130.8 175.1 19.0 ± 5.3 <0.0001
Non-Consumer 86.4 ± 1.0 31.8 48.7 75 111.5 155.2 42.5 ± 0.8
Calcium (mg) Consumer 906.3 ± 38.0 0.5795 489.7 643.3 850.9 1106 1387 52.6 ± 3.5 0.1402
Non-Consumer 927.6 ± 5.9 506.4 659.2 870.2 1133 1422 47.4 ± 0.7
Copper (mg) Consumer 1.6 ± 0.1 <0.0001 1 1.2 1.5 1.9 2.2 1.1 ± 0.8 <0.0001
Non-Consumer 1.3 ± 0.01 0.8 1 1.2 1.6 1.9 4.7 ± 0.4
Magnesium (mg) Consumer 327.6 ± 12.8 0.005 196.2 244.9 310.2 390.5 480.2 46.7 ± 4.3 0.0028
Non-Consumer 291.4 ± 1.6 177.3 220.5 278.6 348.5 422.3 59.8 ± 0.7
Iron (mg) Consumer 15.6 ± 0.6 0.9762 9.3 11.7 15 18.7 22.8 8.6 ± 1.6 0.7554
Non-Consumer 15.6 ± 0.1 9.4 11.6 14.8 18.7 23 8.1 ± 0.3
Phosphorus (mg) Consumer 1312.5 ± 46.2 0.3779 822.6 1004 1245 1543 1881 1.2 ± 1.1 0.9332
Non-Consumer 1353.6 ± 6.0 832.2 1030 1294 1617 1958 1.2 ± 0.2
Selenium (mcg) Consumer 110.3 ± 4.2 0.9607 67.1 83.4 104.6 130.8 159.6 0.9 ± 1.0 0.8723
Non-Consumer 110.1 ± 0.5 68.1 83.6 105.1 131.7 159.4 0.7 ± 0.1
Zinc (mg) Consumer 11.3 ± 0.4 0.0537 7 8.6 10.7 13.3 16.3 16.2 ± 4.2 0.3826
Non-Consumer 12.1 ± 0.1 7.1 8.9 11.4 14.6 18.1 12.5 ± 0.7
Table 3a: Usual intake 1 and estimated average intake of protein and selected micronutrient among pear consumers (n=492) and non-pear consumers (n=24,317).