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. 2023 May 29;13:8710. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35275-5

Table 13.

Respondent practices for the control and management of fungi in food.

Variable Knowledge score category
Score < 50% Score ≥ 50% Total % P-value
Do you consume food showing visible fungi growth? No 35 327 56.4 0.013*
Sometimes 20 211 36.0
Yes 11 38 7.6
Do you check for the presence of molds and fungi on foods before consumption? No 17 104 18.8 0.13
Yes 49 472 81.2

Scores < 50% indicate inadequate knowledge and Scores ≥ 50% indicate adequate knowledge.

*Significant at 5%.

Significant values are in bold.