Changes and tracking of fruit, vegetables and sugar-sweetened beverages intake from 18 months to 7 years in the Norwegian mother and child cohort study

Table 4 Dietary behaviors by gender and level of maternal education at 18 months of age

	Boys				Girls
Dietary behaviours at 18 months of age	Maternal education
	≤ 12 years	13–16 years	≥ 17 years		≤ 12 years	13–16 years	≥ 17 years
	≤ 12 years	13–16 years	≥ 17 years	P	≤ 12 years	13–16 years	≥ 17 years	P
	%	%	%	P	%	%	%	P
Fruit (times/week)
Low (≤ 5)	48.0	34.2	25.9	< 0.001	48.4	34.0	28.0	< 0.001
Medium (5.1–13.9)	46.9	59.5	64.9		47.1	59.8	61.9
High (≥ 14)	5.1	6.3	9.2		4.5	6.2	10.0
n = 4389 boys/4157 girls	1448	2063	878		1445	1874	838
Vegetables (times/week)
Low (≤ 5)	42.3	39.1	34.8	< 0.001	42.2	38.1	36.1	0.008
Medium (5.1–7)	25.4	23.9	21.9		23.7	23.6	23.0
High (> 7)	32.4	37.0	43.3		34.1	38.3	41.0
n = 4413 boys/4199 girls	1459	2064	890		1467	1892	840
SSB (times or glasses/week)
Low (≤ 1.5)	42.8	49.8	54.1	< 0.001	45.1	51.8	59.3	< 0.001
Medium (1.6–4.9)	24.9	28.0	26.9		25.9	25.9	27.1
High (≥ 5)	32.3	22.3	19.0		29.0	22.3	13.6
n = 4284 boys/4053 girls	1404	2021	859		1409	1833	811

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