Table 3. Participant Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Household Inventory at Baseline (May 2010) and Follow-Up (August 2010)a .
Variable | Control |
Intervention |
P Valueb | ||
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Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | ||
Fruit and vegetable inventory,c n (SD) | |||||
Total | 19.1 (5.4) | 21.2 (5.9) | 19.3 (5.8) | 24.9 (4.8) | .02 |
Fruit | 6.5 (2.9) | 8.3 (2.0) | 6.5 (2.7) | 9.0 (2.0) | .32 |
Vegetables | 12.6 (3.6) | 12.9 (4.3) | 12.9 (4.0) | 15.9 (3.0) | .009 |
Fruit and vegetable consumption, servings per week (SD) | |||||
Total | 16.7 (12.9) | 16.4 (8.1) | 16.0 (9.2) | 18.7 (6.2) | .17 |
Fruit | 6.6 (7.8) | 6.6 (4.9) | 5.0 (3.8) | 8.0 (4.5) | .40 |
Green vegetable | 3.8 (2.8) | 3.2 (2.0) | 4.5 (3.3) | 3.3 (2.4) | .90 |
Orange vegetable | 1.2 (1.5) | 1.1 (1.1) | 2.3 (2.4) | 1.8 (1.5) | .30 |
Other vegetable | 5.1 (3.6) | 5.5 (4.4) | 4.2 (3.7) | 5.6 (3.2) | .62 |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
Analysis based on 23 control and 21 intervention participants.
Study effects based on general linear models and adjusted for age, education, baseline value of the outcome, and self-efficacy for fruit and vegetable consumption.
Highest possible number of fruits was 14 and highest possible number of vegetables was 25.