Low intake of commonly available fruits and vegetables in socio-economically disadvantaged communities of South Africa: influence of affordability and sugary drinks intake

Table 5 Patterns of daily intake of commonly available fruits and vegetables by community area/site

Daily fruits and vegetables intake^a	Total	Langa 1 (PURE)	Langa 2 (non-PURE)	Mt Frere (rural)	p-value^b
Two portions of fruits and or vegetables daily	202 (37.8)	79 (34.6)	76 (40.0)	47 (40.2)	0.442
One or more portions of fruit daily	193 (36.1)	82 (36.1)	81 (42.6)^c	30 (25.6)	0.011
One or more portions of vegetables daily	255 (47.7)	109 (47.8)	67 (35.3)	79 (67.5)^c	0.001
Eaten fruit and vegetables (at least two of each) daily	71 (13.3)	20 (8.8)	19 (10.0)	32 (27.4)	0.001

Langa 1 – Old Langa Zones and Hostels (comparatively moderate SES); Langa 2 – Zones and Hostels (Comparatively low SES area); Mt. Frere (typical rural economically disadvantaged – Poor SES)
PURE Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology Study
^a A portion of fruit (i.e. one half to 1 large/small size of commonly available fruits), and a portion of vegetable, as one half to one cup of the listed vegetables);
^b P-value is at 95% confidence Interval (CI)
^c Post-hoc analysis was significant

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