Table 2.
Dietary habits in the study children
| Diet characteristic | AC group (n = 105) |
Control group (n = 105) |
χ 2 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish oil supplements (n, %) | Absent | 76(72.38) | 59(56.19) | 2.45 | 0.01* |
| Present | 29(27.62) | 46(43.81) | |||
|
Vit A supplements (n, %) |
Absent | 72(68.57) | 72(68.57) | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Present | 33(31.42) | 33(31.42) | |||
| Sweet food (days/week) | 1 | 12(11.43) | 17(16.19) | 6.70 | 0.08 |
| 2–4 | 44(41.9) | 57(54.29) | |||
| 5–7 | 33(31.43) | 22(20.95) | |||
| never | 16(15.24) | 9(8.57) | |||
|
Fast food (days/week) |
1 | 30(28.57) | 35(33.33) | 3.74 | 0.29 |
| 2–4 | 47(44.76) | 53(50.48) | |||
| 5–7 | 21(20) | 14(13.33) | |||
| never | 7(6.67) | 3(2.86) | |||
| Beverages (days/week) | 1 | 21(20) | 23(21.9) | 1.17 | 0.76 |
| 2–4 | 57(54.29) | 61(58.1) | |||
| 5–7 | 22(20.95) | 16(15.24) | |||
| never | 5(4.76) | 5(4.76) | |||
| Seafood and fish (days/week) | 1 | 45(42.86) | 29(27.62) | 6.15 | 0.10 |
| 2–4 | 44(41.9) | 53(50.48) | |||
| 5–7 | 14(13.33) | 18(17.14) | |||
| never | 2(1.9) | 5(4.76) | |||
| Snacking before sleep (days/week) | 1 | 31(29.52) | 36(34.29) | 2.23 | 0.53 |
| 2–4 | 46(43.81) | 49(46.67) | |||
| 5–7 | 17(16.19) | 14(13.33) | |||
| never | 11(10.48) | 6(5.71) | |||
*P<0.05 **P<0.01 ***P<0.001