Community canteen services for the rural elderly: determining impacts on general mental health, nutritional status, satisfaction with life, and social capital

Table 3 Comparison of nutritional status among three groups defined by funding sources and daily meal costs

Groups	n	Nutritional status	LSD multiple comparisons between groups
1 Canteen Group Government support plus enterprise donation	40	13.28 (1.32)	1 v 2*
2 Canteen Group Government support only	100	12.13 (2.17)	1 v 3*
3 Non-Canteen Group	144	12.31 (2.22)	2 v 3

Notes: LSD Least Significant Difference; Data for nutritional status are means and standard deviation;
*: P < 0.05

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