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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2008 Feb 26;12(1):3–11. doi: 10.1017/S1368980008001754

Table 2.

Comparison of observed and HEST-recorded daily and total (3 d) intake

Interval/food type Mean observed Mean recorded Spearman correlation Wilcoxon signed ranks test
Day 1 (n 89)
 Fruit 1.34 1.51 0.45** NS
 Vegetables 1.23 1.16 0.61** NS
 Juices 2.59 2.05 0.32** 0.001
 Fruit and vegetable intake 5.16 4.71 0.49** 0.05
Day 2 (n 56)
 Fruit 1.67 1.56 0.24** NS
 Vegetables 1.15 1.14 0.40** NS
 Juices 2.77 2.44 0.34** 0.01
 Fruit and vegetable intake 5.58 5.15 0.38** NS
Day 3 (n 26)
 Fruit 1.19 1.10 0.56** NS
 Vegetables 1.08 1.14 0.32** NS
 Juices 2.47 2.48 0.25** NS
 Fruit and vegetable intake 4.74 4.73 0.52** NS
Total (3 d) intake (n 26)
 Fruit 3.84 4.21 0.39** NS
 Vegetables 3.29 3.32 0.58** NS
 Juices 8.09 7.12 0.28** 0.05
 Fruit and vegetable intake 15.21 14.65 0.46** NS

HEST, Healthy Eating Self-Monitoring Tool.

Significant correlation:

*

P<0.05,

**

P<0.01,

***

P<0.001 (NS, P>0.05).