Table 3 Adjusted change in food and nutrient intakes* associated with the school fruit and vegetable scheme intervention compared with controls, by year group†.

	Reception (4 years old)		Year 1 (5 years old)		Year 2 (6 years old)
	At 3 months (95% CI)	At 7 months (95% CI)	At 3 months (95% CI)	At 7 months (95% CI)	At 3 months (95% CI)	At 7 months (95% CI)
Fruit (portions)	0.4 (0.2 to 0.5)	0.2 (0.1 to 0.4)	0.6 (0.4 to 0.9)	0.3 (0.1 to 0.6)	0.5 (0.2 to 0.7)	0 (−0.2 to 0.3)
Vegetables (portions)	0 (−0.2 to 0.2)	−0.2 (−0.5 to 0.1)	0 (−0.3 to 0.3)	−0.2 (−0.5 to 0.2)	0 (−0.2 to 0.3)	−0.3 (−0.6 to 0.1)
Fruit and vegetable (portions)	0.5 (0.3 to 0.7)	0.2 (0 to 0.4)	0.7 (0.3 to 1.0)	0.2 (−0.2 to 0.6)	0.5 (0.2 to 0.9)	−0.2 (−0.5 to 0.2)
Energy (MJ)	−0.07(−0.29 to 0.15)	−0.03 (−0.25 to 0.19)	0.16 (−0.23 to 0.54)	0.03 (−0.35 to 0.4)	−0.81 (−1.19 to −0.43)	−0.63 (−1.01 to 0.25)
Fat (g)	−1.8 (−3.3 to −0.3)	−0.6 (−2.2 to 0.9)	−0.8 (−3.4 to 1.8)	0.1 (−2.8 to 3.1)	−1.5 (−4.1 to 1.1)	1.7 (−1.3 to 4.7)
Salt (g)	−0.1 (−0.3 to 0)	−0.1 (−0.3 to 0.1)	0 (−0.3 to 0.2)	−0.2 (−0.4 to 0.1)	−0.2 (−0.5 to 0)	0 (−0.3 to 0.3)
Sugars (g)	2.9 (−1.2 to 7)	2.3 (−1.9 to 6.4)	7.1 (1.0 to 13.1)	3.0 (−3.1 to 9.1)	−38.0 (−45.6 to −30.5)	−38.2 (−46.0 to −30.5)
Carotene (% change)	−10 (−17 to −2)	14 (5 to 24)	−9 (−21 to 5)	21 (5 to 40)	−28 (−40 to −14)	−14 (−26 to 1)
Vitamin C (mg)	13 (8 to 17)	8 (3 to 12)	15 (9 to 21)	9 (3 to 16)	−13 (−21 to −4)	−23 (−32 to −15)

When the numbers do not add up there are small amounts of missing data.

*Adjusted for significant confounding variables.

†At 7 months, 92 schools returned data from 3693 pupils; 3405 food diaries were included in the analysis.

CI, confidence interval.