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Table 4 Characteristics of food consumed by elementary school children, broken down by whether they study at public or private schools. Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, 2013

From: Prevalence of and factors associated with anemia in school children from Maceió, northeastern Brazil

Recommendation

Portions/Day

n (%)

Type of school

PR (CI95 %)

p

Anemia

Public n (%)

Private n (%)

Public school n (%)

Private school n (%)

Coffee

       

 0 portions/day

820 (54.1)

432 (46.5)

388 (66.1)

<0.001*

36 (8.7)

26 (7.1)

 ≥1 portion/day

696 (45.9)

497 (53.3)

199 (33.9)

1.57 (1.38; 1.79)

60 (12.6)

13 (6.8)

      

p = 0.06

p = 0.91

Meat, fish, poultry

 

 ≥1 portion/day

1303 (86.9)

808 (87.2)

501 (86.4)

0.623

84 (10.9)

35 (7.3)

 0 portions/day

197 (13.1)

118 (12.7)

79 (13.6)

0.93 (0.71; 1.20)

12 (10.6)

4 (5.5)

      

p = 0.94

p = 0.56

Fruit, Fruit Juices

 ≥ 3 portions/day

205 (13.6)

83 (9.0)

122 (21.1)

<0.001*

4 (5.0)

4 (3.4)

 < 3 portions/day

1300 (86.4)

842 (91.0)

458 (78.9)

1.15 (1.10; 1.20)

92 (11.4)

35 (8.1)

      

p = 0.07

p = 0.08

Vegetables

 

 ≥ 3 portions/day

42 (2.8)

17 (1.8)

25 (4.3)

0.01*

2 (9.5)

1 (5.26)

 < 3 portions/day

1463 (97.2)

908 (98.2)

555 (95.69)

1.02 (1.00; 1.04)

94 (10.8)

38 (7.16)

      

p = 0.84

p = 0.75

Beans

 ≥ 1 portion/day

963 (69.5)

616 (72.1)

347 (65.5)

0.009**

77 (12.0)

27 (7.5)

 0 portions/day

422 (30.5)

239 (27.9)

183 (34.5)

0.81 (0.69; 0.94)

19 (7.6)

12 (6.0)

      

p = 0.05

p = 0.51

  1. *indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05); **indicates marginal statistical significance (p < 0.1)
  2. N.B. the sum of the total number varies because of data gaps