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Table 2 Estimated mean vegetable intake (gram) by component and time in the BRA-study

From: Exploring intervention components in association with changes in preschool children’s vegetable intake: the BRA-study

 

Baseline mean (SD)

Follow-up 1 mean (SD)

Effect size (CI 95%)a

Likelihood ratio test P

Children’s vegetable intake (n = 161)b

 Posters

  Not at all/to a small degree

43.6 (16.5)

69.5 (16.9)

 

0.062

  To some degree

47.2 (12.7)

85.3 (12.9)

12.2 (− 17.8, 42.2)

  To a large degree

35.8 (15.5)

99.4 (15.4)

37.7 (4.6, 70.7)

 Supplementary material

  Not at all/to a small degree

33.0 (14.8)

97.3 (15.0)

 

0.020

  To some degree

48.6 (13.3)

74.1 (13.4)

− 38.8 (− 65.5, − 12.1)

  To a large degree

43.7 (15.1)

86.8 (15.2)

− 21.2 (− 51.1, 8.7)

 1-day inspirational course

  Not at all/to a small degree

37.6 (16.3)

87.7 (16.2)

 

0.746

  To some degree

49.8 (12.8)

99.9 (17.3)

− 11.2 (− 39.8, 17.4)

  To a large degree

33.9 (15.5)

84.1 (19.4)

− 6.7 (− 39.4, 26.0)

Vegetable served in the kindergarten (n = 34)c

 Posters

  Not at all/to a small degree

54.1 (8.6)

56.5 (9.3)

 

0.243

  To some degree

50.5 (5.5)

62.8 (6.3)

10.0 (− 16.1, 36.1)

  To a large degree

42.0 (7.6)

69.4 (8.6)

24.9 (− 4.4, 54.2)

 Supplementary material

  Not at all/to a small degree

45.8 (6.9)

57.2 (6.9)

 

0.856

  To some degree

54.3 (6.6)

69.8 (8.0)

4.2 (− 21.0, 29.3)

  To a large degree

45.6 (7.2)

64.3 (8.6)

7.3 (− 18.7, 33.4)

 1-day inspirational course

  Not at all/to a small degree

49.6 (8.0)

49.4 (8.5)

 

0.257

  To some degree

46.2 (6.0)

65.7 (6.8)

19.6 (− 5.1, 44.3)

  To a large degree

52.0 (6.8)

71.6 (7.9)

19.9 (− 6.3, 46.0)

  1. The “Effect Size” measures the difference in change from baseline to follow-up, between the given group and the reference group “not at all/to a small degree” extracted from the models as the interactions between intervention component and time
  2. aInteraction between intervention component and time
  3. bAdjusted for time, maternal education, child gender and child year of birth
  4. cAdjusted for time