Table 2.
Fruit and vegetable intake among Produce Plus Program participants (n 288) by demographic and behavioural factors, Washington, DC, USA, June–September 2015
| Fruit intake (times/d) | Vegetable intake (times/d) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | Median | IQR | Median | IQR |
| Ward of residence | |||||
| 1 | 46 | 2·2 | 1·0–2·6 | 2·7 | 1·3–3·4 |
| 2 | 20 | 2·1 | 1·0–3·0 | 2·1 | 1·6–2·4 |
| 3 | 3 | 1·2 | N/A | 3·5 | N/A |
| 4 | 16 | 2·0 | 1·0–3·0 | 3·2 | 1·9–5·0 |
| 5 | 39 | 2·0 | 1·0–3·0 | 2·9 | 1·2–4·0 |
| 6 | 38 | 2·2 | 0·9–3·2 | 3·4 | 1·4–5·0 |
| 7 | 42 | 2·6 | 1·3–4·0 | 2·6 | 1·4–3·4 |
| 8 | 82 | 2·0 | 0·4–3·3 | 2·4 | 1·0–3·4 |
| P value* | 0·26 | 0·35 | |||
| Number of household members | |||||
| 1 | 91 | 2·0 | 1·0–3·0 | 1·8 | 1·2–3·1 |
| 2 | 73 | 1·3 | 1·0–3·0 | 2·1 | 1·3–3·3 |
| 3 | 40 | 2·1 | 0·9–3·9 | 3·2 | 1·5–4·6 |
| 4 | 41 | 1·5 | 1·0–3·0 | 1·9 | 1·3–3·4 |
| 5 | 25 | 2·0 | 0·4–2·3 | 1·8 | 1·3–2·3 |
| 6 | 13 | 1·8 | 0·8–3·1 | 1·6 | 1·1–3·6 |
| 7 | 5 | 0·7 | 0·3–2·3 | 2·2 | 1·0–6·0 |
| P value* | 0·47 | 0·11 | |||
| Frequency of home-cooked meals per week | |||||
| Never | 5 | 0·8 | 0–1·1 | 1·3 | 0·2–2·4 |
| 1–3 times | 71 | 1·1 | 0·5–2·3 | 1·6 | 0·9–2·4 |
| 3 or more times | 212 | 2·0 | 1–3·3 | 2·3 | 1·3–3·9 |
| P value* | <0·01 | <0·01 | |||
| Frequency of farmers’ market attendance in the past month | |||||
| Never | 6 | 1·2 | 0·3–1·8 | 2·3 | 0·6–4·8 |
| 1–3 times | 114 | 1·4 | 0·9–3·0 | 1·8 | 1·0–3·0 |
| 3 or more times | 166 | 2·0 | 1·0–3·2 | 2·2 | 1·3–3·9 |
| P value* | 0·24 | 0·57 | |||
| Month of survey participation | |||||
| June | 44 | 1·4 | 1·0–2·4 | 2·1 | 1·5–3·2 |
| August | 79 | 2·0 | 0·8–3·4 | 1·9 | 1·2–3·4 |
| September | 165 | 2·0 | 1·0–3·0 | 2·1 | 1·3–3·8 |
| P value* | 0·61 | 0·44 | |||
IQR, interquartile range; N/A, not applicable.
*
From Wilcoxon rank sum (Mann–Whitney U) tests.