Dietary Taurine and Nutrient Intake and Dietary Quality by Alcohol Consumption Level in Korean Male College Students - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - page 119

Table 13.3 Dietary taurine intake of the subjects
Variable Light drinking ( n = 88) Heavy drinking ( n = 132) t -value

Taurine (mg/day) 126.4 ± 6.9 a 120.9 ± 5.3 0.630

a Mean ± SEM

Table 13.4 Dietary nutrient intakes of the subjects
Variables Light drinking ( n = 88) Heavy drinking ( n = 132) t -value
Energy (kcal/day) 2,101.1 ± 51.7 a 2,039.5 ± 40.9 0.945
Carbohydrate (g/day) 271.1 ± 6.5 257.7 ± 4.9 1.668
Total protein (g/day) 88.9 ± 2.5 85.8 ± 1.9 0.985
Total fat (g/day) 67.9 ± 2.3 67.0 ± 2.0 0.273
Fiber (g/day) 18.1 ± 0.6 17.4 ± 0.4 0.914
Total Ca (mg/day) 500.4 ± 20.2 489.0 ± 16.3 0.446
Total Fe (mg/day) 14.7 ± 0.8 13.6 ± 0.4 1.303
P (mg/day) 1,145.9 ± 31.7 1,093.3 ± 24.1 1.343
Na (mg/day) 4,336.2 ± 132.6 4,432.9 ± 136.2 −0.492
Zn (mg/day) 10.3 ± 0.3 9.5 ± 0.2 2.167 *b
Vit A (m g RE/day) 751.0 ± 34.6 744.9 ± 25.9 0.142
Vit B 1 (mg/day) 1.5 ± 0.1 1.5 ± 0.04 −0.066
Vit B 2 (mg/day) 1.3 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.03 0.035
Vit B 6 (mg/day) 2.2 ± 0.1 2.1 ± 0.05 1.458
Niacin (mg/day) 21.2 ± 0.6 20.0 ± 0.6 1.469
Vit C (mg/day) 73.7 ± 2.7 69.5 ± 2.3 1.209
Folic acid (mg/day) 224.4 ± 7.6 216.8 ± 5.3 0.849
Cholesterol (mg/day) 424.5 ± 17.5 438.9 ± 15.7 −0.604
a Mean ± SEM; b Values with * superscripts are significantly different between light and heavy
drinking group by Student t -test (*: p < 0.05)

13.3.3 Dietary Taurine and Nutrient Intakes

Average dietary taurine intake is shown in Table 13.3 . Average dietary taurine
intakes in light and heavy drinking groups were 126.4 and 120.9 mg/day, respec-
tively. There was no significant difference in dietary taurine intake between two
groups. The dietary taurine intake of the Korean male college student in 2008 was
126.8 mg/day (functional constipation patients) and 105.1 mg/day (control) in the
same area where this study was conducted (You et al. 2010 ) and in 2006 was
124.1 mg/day (Sung and Chang 2008 ) .
Average energy intakes in light and heavy drinking groups were 2,101.1 and
2,039.5 kcal/day, respectively (Table 13.4 ). The intake of zinc was significantly
lower in the heavy drinking group compared to the light drinking group ( p < 0.05).
It was previously reported from the US Department of Agriculture's Nationwide
Food Consumption survey in 1977-1978 that energy levels were higher than for