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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 5.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2015 Mar 26;67(4):580–586. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2015.1011787

Table 2.

Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) and partial correlation coefficient (p) between fruit and vegetable consumption (servings/d) with major nutrients and bioactive compounds found in fruits and vegetables

Fruit intake Vegetable intake
r p1 %change r p1 %change
Vitamin C (mg/d) 0.6632 0.6018 9% 0.5827 0.5385 8%
Fiber (g/d) 0.5096 0.4327 15% 0.7166 0.6873 4%
Magnesium (mg/d) 0.4 0.2772 31% 0.5894 0.5372 9%
Natural folate (dfe/d) 0.3924 0.2643 33% 0.8554 0.841 2%
Vitamin A (rae/d) 0.3438 0.177 49% 0.7794 0.7551 3%
Quercetin (mg/d) 0.3053 0.2230 27% 0.3566 0.2921 18%
Lutein and zeaxanthin (mcg/d) 0.2649 0.0436 84% 0.8039 0.2134 73%
Dietary calcium (mg/d) 0.2987 0.2855 4% 0.3632 0.284 22%
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Partial correlation of fruit intake with nutrients adjusted for vegetable intake, and vice versa