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Table 3 Prevalence of stage transitions between baseline and follow-up for fruit, vegetable and fish consumption

From: The Transtheoretical model for fruit, vegetable and fish consumption: associations between intakes, stages of change and stage transition determinants

 

Stage of change at baseline

Stage transition

PCa

C

PR

A/M

Fruit

    

Regress

---b

29 (16%) c

41 (32%)

81 (17%)

Stable

189 (71%)

97 (54%)

52 (41%)

400 (83%)

Progress

77 (29%)

54 (30%)

53 (27%)

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Vegetable

    

Regress

---

33 (18%)

39 (38%)

90 (17%)

Stable

177 (73%)

111 (60%)

33 (33%)

434 (83%)

Progress

67 (27%)

42 (22%)

29 (29%)

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Fish

    

Regress

---

36 (26%)

37 (54%)

77 (18%)

Stable

357 (84%)

69 (51%)

16 (23%)

350 (82%)

Progress

67 (16%)

31 (23%)

15 (22%)

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  1. Note. a PC = Precontemplation, C = Contemplation, PR = Preparation, A/M = Action/maintenance
  2. b Note that it is impossible to regress from precontemplation or to progress from action/maintenance
  3. c Numbers printed in italics are not included in the analyses of predictors of stage transitions