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Table 3 Mean daily intakes of food categories of the participants (g/d/person)

From: The effect of health and nutrition education intervention on women's postpartum beliefs and practices: a randomized controlled trial

 

Urban

Rural

Total

 

Intervention

(n = 73)

Control

n = 69(%)

Intervention

(n = 81)

Control

n = 79(%)

Intervention

(n = 154)

Control

n = 148(%)

Grain or cereal

313.42

319.79

380.91

383.25

347.17

351.52

Egg

99.76

110.54

211.77

231.10

155.77

170.82*

Dairy

66.48

54.04

4.25

2.31

35.37

29.15*

Meat, poultry and Fish

272.73

275.91

496.69

458.9

384.71

367.41*

Soybean and soybean product

38.55

18.42**

183.16

140.90

110.86

79.66**

Vegetable

145.59

112.97*

410.41

414.22

278.01

263.60*

Fruit

75.71

44.74*

31.12

15.43**

53.42

30.09**

  1. **Indicates P-value of < 0.01 from t test between intervention and control groups.
  2. * Indicates P-value of < 0.05 from t test between intervention and control groups.
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