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Table 4 Percentage of respondents adding iron-fortified cubes and green leafy vegetables to stews and soups and mean number of iron-fortified cubes and bunches of green leafy vegetables added to stews and soups (per 2 weeks)

From: The effect of the “Follow in my Green Food Steps” programme on cooking behaviours for improved iron intake: a quasi-experimental randomized community study

 

Percentage of participantsa

Meanb (se)

   

Control

Intervention

Control

Intervention

ChiSq (df)

p-value

r

Adding Cubes to stews

Baseline

76%

93%

2.5

(0.2)

2.9

(0.2)

15.3

< 0.0001

 

Change

6%

7%

0.8

(0.2)

0.7

(0.2)

0.1

ns

 

Adding Greens to stews

Baseline

5%

3%

0.1

(0.03)

0.0

(0.0)

1.7

ns

 

Change

5%

41%

0.02

(0.04)

0.30

(0.03)

68.9

<.0001

0.36

Adding Cubes to soups

Baseline

76%

71%

1.4

(0.1)

2.0

(0.2)

1.21

ns

 

Change

2%

28%

0.4

(0.1)

0.9

(0.2)

17.9

<.0001

0.20

Adding Greens to soups

Baseline

85%

83%

1.4

(0.1)

1.8

(0.1)

6.0

0.01

 

Change

10%

13%

0.5

(0.1)

−0.1

(0.1)

13.4

0.0003

0.15

  1. se standard error
  2. aPercentage of participants adding cubes or greens to their dishes
  3. bMean number of cubes or bunches of greens added per 2 weeks