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Table 2 Mean values of selected dietary variables according to tertiles of Σ healthy food habits1

From: Television viewing, food preferences, and food habits among children: A prospective epidemiological study

 

Tertiles of Σ Healthy food habits

 
 

1

2

3

P trend 3

Girls, 8-10 years

    

n

108

135

113

 

Fat E%

32.2 (6.9)2

31.3 (7.3)

30.3 (7.2)

0.05

Added sugar E%

10.8 (7.4)

9.5 (6.3)

8.2 (6.0)

0.003

Liquid sugar E%

4.6 (5.4)

3.4 (4.6)

2.4 (4.0)

0.0005

Liquid sugar (g)

20.9 (22.1)

17.0 (22.1)

11.6 (19.3)

0.001

Boys, 8-10 years

    

n

108

82

88

 

Fat E%

32.2 (6.8)

32.5 (6.8)

29.7 (6.9)

0.02

Added sugar E%

10.7 (7.7)

9.4 (5.8)

8.8 (6.5)

0.04

Liquid sugar E%

4.5 (5.4)

3.2 (3.9)

3.2 (4.3)

0.05

Liquid sugar (g)

25.4 (31.4)

18.9 (22.6)

17.1 (21.5)

0.02

Girls, 14-16 years

    

n

87

99

79

 

Fat E%

30.2 (8.9)

28.8 (7.1)

26.0 (7.7)

0.001

Added sugar E%

11.5 (8.5)

8.6 (6.8)

8.4 (8.4)

0.008

Liquid sugar E%

4.8 (5.7)

3.4 (5.4)

3.6 (6.6)

0.16

Liquid sugar (g)

24.2 (28.3)

17.4 (28.4)

19.7 (49.3)

0.37

Boys, 14-16 years

    

n

76

72

60

 

Fat E%

31.1 (6.8)

31.4 (8.9)

28.7 (6.7)

0.11

Added sugar E%

12.9 (7.6)

9.8 (7.3)

8.9 (5.6)

0.0006

Liquid sugar E%

7.5 (7.0)

4.8 (5.6)

4.2 (4.8)

0.0007

Liquid sugar (g)

58.0 (55.3)

31.8 (38.9)

28.3 (34.2)

<0.0001

  1. 1Due to some missing values on the dietary variables these analyses include 356 8-10-year-old girls, 278 8-10-year-old boys, 265 14-16-year-old girls, and 208 14-16-year-old boys. Uneven numbers in the 3 tertiles are due to the properties of the ΣHFH variable, which includes whole numbers only. Higher values of ΣHFH indicate healthier food habits.
  2. 2Mean (SD), all such values.
  3. 3 P-value for linear trend across tertiles of ΣHFH
  4. E%, percentage of energy