Inflammatory index score in children: its relationship with neophobia, dietary quality and anthropometric measurements

Table 1 Demographic data and comparison of the Neophobia, KIDMED and inflammatory index score classifications of children according to gender

	Female		Male		Total		χ²	P
	N	%	N	%	N	%	χ²	P
Age
8 9 10	41 47 62	27,3 31,3 41,3	47 42 61	31,3 28 40,7	88 89 123	29,3 29,7 41
Neophobia
Neophobic	69	46,00	76	50,67	145	48,33	0,654	0,419
Non-neophobic	81	54,00	74	49,33	155	51,67	0,654	0,419
KIDMED
Low	27	18,00	24	16,00	51	17,00
Medium	64	42,67	83	55,33	147	49,00	5,142	0.076
High	59	39,33	43	28,67	102	34,00
Inflammatory Index
I. Quartile	40	26,67	36	24,00	76	25,33
II. Quartile	34	22,67	40	26,67	74	24,67	0,724	0,868
III. Quartile	38	25,33	37	24,67	75	25,00
IV. Quartile	38	25,33	37	24,67	75	25,00

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