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Table 2 Consumption of food and drinks (times/day) at baseline, at 15 and 24 months of age, for intervention and control group [mean (SD) and median Q1, Q3]

From: No long-term effect of a 2-days intervention on how to prepare homemade food, on toddlers’ skepticism for new food and intake of fruits and vegetables and sweet beverages: a randomized, controlled trial

 

Baseline

15 months of age

24 months of age

Intervention

Control

p value1

Intervention

Control

p value1

Intervention

Control

p value1

(n = 53)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

(n = 51)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

(n = 44)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

(n = 27)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

(n = 40)

Mean (SD)

Median (Q1, Q3)

(n = 24)

Mean (SD)

Median Q1, Q3

Water

1.7 (1.94)

1 (.0, 3)

1.39 (2.14)

.7 (.0, 2)

.138

5.4 (2.08)

7 (4.0, 7.0)

5.69 (1.91)

7 (4, 7)

.581

5.35 (2.1)

7 (3, 7)

5.8 (1.7)

7 (4, 7)

.378

Sweet beverages2

.27 (.15)

.0 (.0)

.14 (.66)

.0 (.0, .0)

.361

.59 (.0, .7)

.2 (.0, .78)

.56 (.66)

.28 (.14, .77)

.446

1.05 (.87)

.84 (.28, 1.56)

.89 (.64)

.99 (.35, 1.28)

.527

Commercially made porridge

1.27 (.89)

1 (.28, 2)

1.49 (.99)

1.35 (1, 2)

.314

.42 (.69)

.0 (.0, .56)

1.05 (1.51)

.71 (.0, 1.8)

.022

.04 (.12)

.0 (.0, .0)

.01 (.06)

.0 (.0, .0)

.201

Homemade porridge

.21 (.54)

.0 (.0, .0)

.25 (.56)

.0 (.0, .0)

.782

.56 (.69)

.28 (.0, 1)

.14 (.27)

.0 (.0, .28)

.008

.33 (.44)

.28 (.0, .49)

.24 (.35)

.0 (.0, .49)

.232

Fruit and berries3

1.02 (1.16)

.7 (.56, 1)

.93 (.67)

1 (.28, 1.28)

.597

1.66 (1.14)

1.4 (.99, 2.09)

1.7 (.76)

1.7 (1.1, 2.4)

.262

2.2 (1.3)

2 (1.36, 2.9)

2.69 (1.67)

2.4 (1.5, 3.27)

.107

Vegetables4

1.79 (1.06)

1.5 (.84, 2.54)

2.2 (1.54)

1.6 (1.1, 2.9)

.150

1.95 (1.37)

1.7 (.84, 2.97)

1.93 (1)

1.7 (1.7, 2.69)

.593

  1. 1Mann-Whithney U-test
  2. 2Includes lemonades with sugar and sweetened, sodas with sugar and sweetened, fruit juices and nectars
  3. 3Includes total amount of fruits and berries, both fresh and industrialized produced purees
  4. 4Consumption of total amount of vegetables. Not calculated for baseline since most of the vegetables were included in industrialized produced dinners, with different % of vegetables