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Table 3 Comparison diet outcomes between intervention and control groups

From: Dietary outcomes of a community based intervention for mothers of young children: a randomised controlled trial

Scores

Intervention

Control

Mean difference

95% CI of mean difference

P-value

Fat and fibre barometer

Fat and fibre barometer

3.63 ± 0.02

3.52 ± 0.02

0.12

0.07, 0.16

<0.0005

Fibre barometer

3.47 ± 0.03

3.29 ± 0.02

0.17

0.10, 0.24

<0.0005

Fruits and vegetables

3.39 ± 0.03

3.23 ± 0.03

0.16

0.08, 0.24

<0.0005

Wholegrain foods

3.55 ± 0.04

3.39 ± 0.04

0.16

0.06, 0.26

0.002

Fat barometer

3.73 ± 0.02

3.65 ± 0.02

0.08

0.03, 0.14

0.005

Dairy products

3.37 ± 0.04

3.21 ± 0.04

0.17

0.05, 0.29

0.006

Lean meat and chicken

3.93 ± 0.04

3.81 ± 0.04

0.12

0, 0.24

0.041

Consumption per day

Fruits (serves)

2.26 ± 0.05

2.10 ± 0.05

0.16

0.01, 0.31

0.038

Vegetables (serves)

3.39 ± 0.08

3.05 ± 0.08

0.35

0.13, 0.56

0.002

100% fruit juice (serves)

0.18 ± 0.04

0.13 ± 0.03

0.06

-0.04, 0.16

0.239

Soft drinks (cups)

0.18 ± 0.05

0.25 ± 0.05

-0.07

-0.20, 0.06

0.309

Flavoured drinks (cups)

0.18 ± 0.03

0.21 ± 0.02

-0.02

-0.09, 0.05

0.517

  1. Comparison between groups after adjustment for baseline value of the corresponding variable and mother’s age.