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. 2016 Jul 5;19(17):3106–3113. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016001488

Table 3.

Kendall’s τ B and κ values for food items logged by children aged 6–12 years and food items logged by their parents in a week (n 264), by gender; Ticino, Switzerland, April–June 2014

Kendall’s τ B κ
Boys Girls Boys 95 % CI Girls 95 % CI
n 127 137 127 137
Water 0·44 0·53 0·16 0·09, 0·23 0·24 0·17, 0·31
Fruit 0·65 0·63 0·21 0·13, 0·29 0·29 0·20, 0·38
Vegetables 0·45 0·61 0·18 0·10, 0·26 0·19 0·11, 0·27
Starchy foods 0·62 0·72 0·14 0·07, 0·21 0·22 0·14, 0·30
Whole grains 0·74 0·48 0·53 0·24, 0·82 0·28 0·08, 0·48
Meat 0·46 0·47 0·16 0·07, 0·25 0·30 0·21, 0·39
Fish 0·54 0·63 0·44 0·32, 0·56 0·54 0·43, 0·65
Eggs 0·68 0·60 0·53 0·42, 0·64 0·62 0·51, 0·73
Legumes, tofu, quorn 0·67 0·62 0·65 0·51, 0·79 0·55 0·42, 0·68
Dairy products 0·61 0·60 0·13 0·06, 0·20 0·19 0·11, 0·27
Fats & oils 0·48 0·56 0·16 0·08, 0·24 0·18 0·10, 0·26
Sauces & dressings 0·41 0·57 0·39 0·25, 0·53 0·44 0·31, 0·57
Fat meat 0·43 0·46 0·27 0·17, 0·37 0·34 0·24, 0·44
Fast food 0·57 0·60 0·54 0·43, 0·65 0·55 0·44, 0·66
Junk food 0·72 0·61 0·61 0·49, 0·73 0·41 0·30, 0·52
Sweets 0·60 0·57 0·11 0·05, 0·18 0·20 0·12, 0·28
Sugar drinks 0·53 0·65 0·31 0·22, 0·40 0·33 0·24, 0·42
Puff pastry 0·77 0·84 0·73 0·58, 0·88 0·80 0·68, 0·92
Coffee 0·73 0·50 0·67 0·42, 0·92 0·44 0·14, 0·74

All values are significant at P<0·01.