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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Jun;101(6):552–564. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30940-8

Table 4.

Dietary Intakes from the Block’98 Food Frequency Questionnaires (mean, SD, n)

Intake Baseline 18 Months Change P-value for difference
With timea between groupsb
Un-assigned Group
Fat, % of calories 41, 7, 7 - -
Fruit, servings per 1000 kcal 1.0, 1.0, 7 - -
Vegetables, servings per 1000 kcal 2.0, 0.7, 7 - -
Healthy Eating Index 54, 13, 7 - -
Physical Activity, Mcal/week 26.7, 5.3, 7 - -
Dietitian Only Group
Fat, % of calories 40, 7, 12 36, 5, 11 −7.8, 12.7, 11 0.054
Fruit, servings per 1000 kcal/day 0.9, 0.7, 12 1.1, 0.6, 11 0.3, 0.7, 11 0.206
Vegetables, servings per 1000 kcal/day 1.8, 1.5, 12 2.4, 1.3, 11 0.5, 0.8, 11 0.042
Healthy Eating Index 56, 10, 12 61, 11, 11 6, 11, 11 0.100
Physical Activity, Mcal/week 24.4, 5.1, 12 26.5, 8.3, 11 2.4, 8.1, 11 0.278
Spirituality Group
Fat, % of calories 37, 6, 12 33, 7, 11 −5.6, 7.3, 11 0.042 0.896
Fruit, servings per 1000 kcal/day 1.3, 0.8, 12 2.5, 0.9, 11 1.2, 0.8, 11 0.007 0.013
Vegetables, servings per 1000 kcal/day 2.9, 2.6, 12 3.3, 1.7, 11 0.2, 2.6, 11 0.465 0.895
Healthy Eating Index 59, 10, 11 70, 15, 11 12, 14, 10c 0.036 0.418
Physical Activity, Mcal/week 25.1, 4.3, 12 25.4, 4.2, 11 0.0, 5.6, 11 0.966 0.555
a

The p-values for changes with time within each group are from Wilcoxon matched pairs tests using data at 0 and 18 months. None of these 10 comparisons are significant at the 0.05 level in the multiple comparisons sense, after applying the Benjamini and Hochberg procedure.62

b

The p-values for the difference between the dietitian-only and spirituality groups are from Mann-Whitney tests. None of these 5 comparisons are significant at the 0.05 level in the multiple comparisons sense, after applying the Benjamini and Hochberg procedure.

c

One subject reported too few foods eaten at baseline to calculate a Healthy Eating Index score. The mean intakes at baseline and changes in dietary intakes were similar with that subject excluded.