Tracking of fruit, vegetables and unhealthy snacks consumption from childhood to adulthood (15 year period): does exposure to a free school fruit programme modify the observed tracking?

Table 2 Tracking of fruit, snacks and vegetables from baseline to follow-up 5 in the total sample

	Tracking**
	Tracking coefficient	95% CI	p-value for interaction*
Fruit: times/week	0.33	0.29, 0.36
Fruit portions/day
Lower education	0.19	0.15, 0.22	0.006
Higher education	0.26	0.22, 0.30
Vegetables: times/week	0.36	0.33, 0.40
Vegetables: portions/day	0.14	0.11, 0.17
Snacks: times/week
Male	0.46	0.41, 0.51	0.065
Female	0.39	0.24, 0.44
Longitudinal prediction of being in the highest tertile of intake***	OR	95% CI
Fruit: times/week	2.64	2.26, 0.09
Fruit: Portions/day	2.81	2.36, 3.35
Vegetables: times/week
Males	3.56	2.76, 4.61	0.004
Females	2.19	1.78, 2.70
Vegetables: portions/day	1.78	1.51, 2.09
Unhealthy Snacks: times/week	4.61	3.90, 5,44

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