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. 2013 Apr 2;17(1):83–93. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013000761

Table 4.

Home food availability at baseline and 6 months after WIC food package change: mothers and their 2–3-year-old children enrolled in WIC, Chicago, IL, USA, 2009–2010

Hispanic (n 143) African-American (n 130)
Baseline 6 months Change Baseline 6 months Change
Available in the home in the past week Mean or n sd or % Mean or n sd or % Mean or n sd or % P* Mean or n sd or % Mean or n sd or % Mean or n sd or % P*
Number of fruits†, mean and sd 12·4 4·0 11·9 3·8 −0·57 3·68 0·07 8·6 4·2 9·2 3·9 0·58 3·54 0·06
Number of 100 % fruit juices‡, mean and sd 2·6 0·9 2·5 1·1 −0·07 1·16 0·47 2·3 1·0 2·7 1·0 0·38 1·12 <0·001
Number of vegetables§, mean and sd 14·9 4·3 15·4 3·9 0·43 3·38 0·13 11·5 4·5 12·9 4·2 1·36 3·62 <0·001
Number of whole-grain items∥, mean and sd 1·9 0·7 2·2 0·7 0·29 0·93 <0·001 1·5 0·9 1·9 0·9 0·48 0·98 <0·001
Milk, 2 %, 1 %, non-fat¶ 100 70 132 92 32 22 <0·001 64 49 101 78 37 28 <0·001
Milk, whole¶ 65 45 27 19 −38 −27 <0·001 83 64 54 42 −29 −22 <0·001

WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

*From McNemar's test for milk and paired t tests for other variables.

†From a list of twenty-five fruits, not including juices.

‡From a list of four 100 % fruit juices.

§From a list of twenty-five vegetables.

∥Whole-grain bread, corn tortillas, brown rice.

¶Values presented are n and %.