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Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ Behav. 2009;41(1):32–40. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.05.013

Table 4.

Comparison of Scores for Fat-Related Behaviors among African-American and Non-African American Sister Talk Participants [Mean (SD)].

		African American			Non-African American
	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	P-value
Items with higher mean scores for African-Americans (indicating higher fat intake):
Add butter or margarine to boiled/baked potatoes, plantains?^RS	318	3.10	1.09	95	2.74	1.20	0.009
Eat trimmable fat on meat?	308	1.85	1.09	95	1.65	0.98	0.095^†
Add butter or margarine to hot cereal/grits?^RS	275	2.99	1.25	76	2.43	1.34	0.002
Eat potato chips, corn chips, skins, nacho chips or cheese puffs?^RS	333	2.63	1.02	101	2.42	1.05	0.072^†
Choose fried items in restaurants?^RS	327	2.49	0.97	96	2.25	0.92	0.030
Items with lower mean scores for African-Americans (indicating lower fat intake):
Eat extra lean ground beef or ground turkey instead of regular hamburger?	296	1.78	1.07	87	2.17	1.19	0.007
Snacks were pretzels, low fat chips, air-popped popcorn or low-fat crackers?	333	2.81	0.98	101	3.08	1.04	0.021
Add gravy to red meat?^RS	307	1.86	0.99	95	2.14	1.16	0.038
Drink whole or regular milk?^RS	292	2.14	1.29	81	2.46	1.39	0.071^†

^RS

Item was reverse scored to calculate mean so that a higher mean value is always related to higher fat intake.

^†

These items had borderline statistical significance, but it is likely that if the study had been powered to look at subgroup differences, these would be significantly different.