Table 3.
Fruit and vegetables card sorts (CS): descriptive statistics for number of piles by demographic characteristics
| Fruit CS |
Vegetable CS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of piles |
No. of piles |
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| Characteristic | n | % | Mean | SD | n | % | Mean | SD |
| Total | 152 | 100.0 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 147 | 100.0 | 10.1 | 4.8 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 66 | 43.4 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 64 | 43.5 | 9.7 | 4.8 |
| Female | 86 | 56.6 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 83 | 56.5 | 10.4 | 4.9 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 8 | 23 | 15.1 | 9.3 | 5.7 | 21 | 14.3 | 11.4 | 5.1 |
| 9 | 27 | 17.8 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 26 | 17.7 | 10.7 | 5.5 |
| 10 | 34 | 22.4 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 32 | 21.8 | 9.0 | 5.1 |
| 11 | 26 | 17.1 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 26 | 17.7 | 11.5 | 5.3 |
| 12 | 15 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 4.1 | 15 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 4.0 |
| 13 | 27 | 17.8 | 8.0 | 4.9 | 27 | 18.4 | 8.7 | 3.1 |
| Language spoken* | ||||||||
| English | 136 | 89.5 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 131 | 89.1 | 9.9 | 4.8 |
| Spanish | 16 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 6.9 | 16 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 4.8 |
| Race/ethnicity- | ||||||||
| White | 47 | 30.9 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 47 | 32.0 | 9.2 | 3.9 |
| African-American | 37 | 24.3 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 34 | 23.1 | 9.0 | 5.3 |
| Hispanic | 66 | 43.4 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 64 | 43.5 | 11.4 | 5.0 |
| Other | 2 | 1.3 | 14.0 | 5.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 10.0 | 4.2 |
| Obesity index | ||||||||
| Normal | 86 | 56.6 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 82 | 55.8 | 10.5 | 4.4 |
| At risk | 28 | 18.4 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 28 | 19.0 | 11.4 | 6.2 |
| Overweight | 37 | 24.3 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 36 | 24.5 | 8.5 | 4.3 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.7 | 4.0 | n/a | 1 | 0.7 | 3.0 | n/a |
| Household income‡ | ||||||||
| <$20 000 | 24 | 15.8 | 10.3 | 5.6 | 20 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 4.0 |
| $20 000–$59 000 | 32 | 21.1 | 10.8 | 6.1 | 31 | 21.1 | 10.1 | 4.6 |
| ≥$60 000 | 77 | 50.7 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 77 | 52.4 | 10.2 | 4.7 |
| Missing | 19 | 12.5 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 19 | 12.9 | 7.6 | 5.8 |
| Highest household education | ||||||||
| HS graduate or less | 34 | 22.4 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 31 | 21.1 | 12.4 | 4.4 |
| Some college/technical school | 23 | 15.1 | 9.3 | 5.4 | 22 | 15.0 | 8.8 | 3.9 |
| College graduate | 79 | 52.0 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 78 | 53.1 | 10.2 | 4.6 |
| Missing | 16 | 10.5 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 16 | 10.9 | 7.3 | 6.0 |
| PROP | ||||||||
| Non-taster | 34 | 22.4 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 33 | 22.4 | 10.7 | 5.5 |
| Medium taster | 71 | 46.7 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 69 | 46.9 | 10.9 | 4.3 |
| Super taster | 46 | 30.3 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 44 | 29.9 | 8.7 | 4.9 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.7 | 4.0 | n/a | 1 | 0.7 | 3.0 | n/a |
Obesity index: normal weight, BMI-for-age < 85th percentile; at risk of overweight, 85th percentile ≤ BMI-for-age < 95th percentile; overweight, BMI-forage > 95th percentile. HS, high school; PROP, 6-n-propylthiouracil.
Missing category & ‘Other’ Race/Ethnicity not included in testing differences among number of piles.
Significant effect [F(1,150) = 10.45, P = 0.002] for Language group Fruit CS.
Significant effect for Race/Ethnicity Fruit CS [F(2,147) = 4.15, P = 0.018] and Vegetables CS [F(2,142) = 4.25, P = 0.016]; however, post hoc tests yielded no significant (P < 0.0167) pairwise comparisons.
Significant effect [F(2,148) = 5.24, P = 0.006] for Fruit CS household income; post hoc tests yielded significant (P = 0.013) pairwise difference between $20 000–$59 000 and at least $60 000.