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Table 2 Number of women (%) who consumed the specific food groups according to dietary diversity score between women in FiLWHEL and KNHANESa

From: Dietary diversity and nutritional adequacy among married Filipino immigrant women: The Filipino Women’s Diet and Health Study (FiLWHEL)

Food groups

DDS 10 g

 

DDS all

 

FiLWHEL

KNHANES

P-valueb

FiLWHEL

KNHANES

P-valueb

Grains and tubers

472 (99.6)

473 (99.8)

0.56

474 (100.0)

473 (99.8)

-

Red meat

342 (72.2)

346 (73.0)

0.77

353 (74.5)

373 (78.7)

0.13

Poultry

153 (32.3)

114 (24.1)

0.004

162 (34.18)

118 (24.9)

0.002

Fish

203 (42.8)

238 (50.2)

0.03

254 (53.6)

367 (77.4)

<0.001

Other seafood

84 (17.7)

110 (23.2)

0.04

119 (25.1)

207 (43.7)

<0.001

Legumes/seeds/nuts

172 (36.3)

234 (49.4)

<0.001

255 (53.8)

418 (88.2)

<0.001

Eggs

213 (44.9)

250 (52.7)

0.02

247 (52.1)

314 (66.2)

<0.001

Dairy

188 (39.7)

194 (40.9)

0.69

202 (42.6)

214 (45.2)

0.43

Leafy vegetables

342 (72.2)

441 (93.0)

<0.001

365 (77.0)

452 (95.4)

<0.001

Other vegetables

420 (88.6)

470 (99.2)

<0.001

445 (93.9)

471 (99.4)

<0.001

Fruits

269 (56.8)

330 (69.6)

<0.001

286 (60.3)

352 (74.3)

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: FiLWHEL Filipino Women’s Diet and Health Study, KNHANES Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  2. aValues are n (%) of those who consumed in each food group per day. Age category-matching was taken into account
  3. bBased on McNemar’s test
  4. -Not applicable because FiLWHEL has a zero cell count