. 2017 May 23;20(11):1973–1982. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017000854

Table 2.

Dietary patterns at 7 years of age: proportions of children in lower and higher consumption categories by sex (n 3473)^*, Generation XXI prospective cohort study (Porto, Portugal, 2005–2006)

	Girls				Boys
Item/category^†	Total sample (n 1722)	LC1 (EDF) (n 840)	LC2 (Snacking) (n 174)	LC3 (Healthier) (n 708)	Total sample (n 1751)	LC1 (EDF) (n 922)	LC2 (Snacking) (n 170)	LC3 (Healthier) (n 659)
Fruit
1st quintile	40·5	50·1^a	74·1^b	20·8^c	39·7	49·2^a	67·6^b	19·1^c
5th quintile	2·8	2·3^a	1·7^a	3·7^a	4·5	3·8^a	1·8^a	6·1^a
Vegetable soup
≤1/d	41·6	55·7^a	47·7^a	23·3^b	42·7	54·0^a	45·9^a	25·9^b
≥2/d	58·4	44·3^a	52·3^a	76·7^a	57·3	46·0^a	54·1^a	74·1^b
Vegetables on a plate
1st quintile	23·4	22·9^a	69·5^b	12·7^c	26·9	27·2^a	75·9^b	13·8^c
5th quintile	24·2	21·4^a	4·6^b	32·2^c	22·1	17·4^a	2·9^b	33·7^c
Milk
1st quintile	63·4	63·3^a	68·4^a	62·3^a	59·0	60·7^a	57·6^a	56·9^a
5th quintile	3·0	3·1^a	4·6^a	2·5^a	2·2	2·4^a	0·6^a	2·4^a
Yoghurt
1st quintile	69·5	63·1^a	69·0^a,b	77·3^b	64·8	62·0^a	54·1^a	71·3^a
5th quintile	1·3	1·7^a	1·1^a	0·8^a	1·9	2·2^a	2·9^a	1·2^a
Cheese
1st quintile	29·8	24·4^a	71·8^b	26·0^a	30·4	25·8^a	67·1^b	27·5^a
5th quintile	6·9	8·8^a	1·7^b	3·8^b	6·2	8·0^a	5·3^a,b	3·9^b
Fish
1st quintile	51·7	63·3^a	73·6^b	32·6^c	51·1	62·7^a	71·8^a	29·6^b
5th quintile	26·4	18·0^a	19·5^a	38·1^b	29·3	21·4^a	20·0^a	42·8^b
Meat and eggs
1st quintile	34·5	34·4^a	47·1^b	31·5^a	31·1	29·2^a	45·9^b	30·0^a
5th quintile	6·7	8·8^a	7·5^a,b	4·1^b	6·5	9·4^a	6·5^a	2·4^b
Processed meat
1st quintile	22·9	7·3^a	65·5^b	30·9^c	22·6	8·8^a	67·6^b	30·3^c
5th quintile	28·7	38·1^a	13·2^b	21·3^c	27·9	34·4^a	14·1^b	22·3^b
Rice/potatoes/pasta
≤1/d	18·5	19·4^a	37·4^b	12·9^c	16·5	15·7^a	38·2^b	12·0^a
≥2/d	81·5	80·6^a	62·6^b	87·1^c	83·5	84·3^a	61·8^b	88·0^a
Bread
1st quintile	39·3	37·0^a	54·6^b	38·1^a	30·8	28·2^a	40·0^b	32·2^a,b
5th quintile	2·5	3·3^a	1·1^a	1·8^a	3·4	4·4^a	4·7^a,b	1·7^b
Crisps
1st quintile	26·0	8·0^a	24·7^b	47·6^c	22·8	8·4^a	24·1^b	42·6^c
5th quintile	8·1	13·9^a	10·3^a	0·7^b	7·8	12·8^a	10·6^a	0·0^b
Pizza/burger
1st quintile	7·3	1·5^a	30·5^b	8·5^c	5·8	2·0^a	28·8^b	5·3^c
5th quintile	19·8	31·8^a	14·9^b	6·8^c	23·6	35·8^a	15·9^b	8·5^c
Sweets
1st quintile	35·7	16·4^a	35·1^b	58·8^c	36·1	19·0^a	35·3^b	60·5^c
5th quintile	7·3	12·0^a	9·2^a	1·1^b	8·3	12·5^a	12·9^a	1·2^b
Soft drinks
1st quintile	13·7	2·0^a	17·2^b	26·7^c	11·7	1·5^a	17·1^b	24·4^b
5th quintile	23·6	39·8^a	26·4^b	3·7^c	27·7	42·5^a	28·2^b	6·8^c
Salty pastry
1st quintile	4·8	2·5^a	13·8^b	5·4^c	4·3	2·1^a	17·1^b	4·2^c
5th quintile	36·7	55·5^a	38·5^b	14·0^c	36·5	54·2^a	34·1^b	12·3^c

LC, latent class; EDF, Energy-Dense Foods dietary pattern.

Proportions were compared by χ ² test considering Bonferroni’s correction for post hoc multiple comparisons. Unlike superscript letters indicate significant differences between dietary patterns at a significance level of 5 %.

^†

In order to avoid redundancy, reference category (2nd to 4th quintiles, combined) is not presented.