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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2012 Apr 21;59(1):129–139. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.04.009

Appendix.

Means (and standard deviations) of accuracy, strategy, knowledge, and motivation variables by age and dietary modification status.

No-DMG DMG Younger Adults Older Adults No-DMG DMG
Younger Adults (n=28) Older Adults (n=13) Younger Adults (n=12) Older Adults (n=14)

Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Accuracy 24.07a (3.71) 23.42a (4.15) 23.30a (3.50) 24.59a (4.32) 23.21a (3.56) 25.92b (3.45) 23.50a (3.48) 23.36a (4.78)
Between-NFP Sequences .49a (0.27) .60a (0.32) .51a (0.28) .57a (0.31) .51a (0.26) .45a (0.30) .51a (0.35) .68a (0.28)
Within-NFP Sequences .28a (0.15) .29a (0.24) .25a (0.20) .33a (0.15) .26a (0.17) .32a (0.10) .24a (0.28) .34a (0.19)
Strategy Difference .21a (0.27) .31a (0.21) .25a (0.21) .24a (0.31) .25a (0.22) .13a (0.35) .27a (0.17) .34a (0.23)
Knowledge .55a (0.14) .60a (0.13) .52a (0.10) .65b (0.14) .51a (0.12) .65b (0.14) .55a (0.05) .65b (0.15)
SOC+ (fruits/vegetables) 5.3a (1.13) 5.5a (0.90) 5.1a (1.16) 5.8b (0.70) 5.1a (1.27) 5.8a (0.60) 5.1a (0.90) 5.8b (0.80)
SOC− (fat/junk food) 4.68a (1.10) 4.58a (1.28) 4.09a (1.09) 5.45b (0.69) 4.20a (0.97) 5.71b (0.45) 3.83a (1.35) 5.21b (0.80)

Note: DMG=Dietary Modification Goals; NFP=Nutrition Facts Panel; SOC=Stage of Change; Values in the same row and subtable not sharing the same subscript are significantly different at p< 0.05 in the two-sided test of equality for column means.