Table 4.
Characteristics of food consumed by elementary school children, broken down by whether they study at public or private schools. Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, 2013
| Recommendation Portions/Day |
n (%) | Type of school | PR (CI95 %) | p | Anemia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public n (%) | Private n (%) | Public school n (%) | Private school n (%) | ||||
| Coffee | |||||||
| 0 portions/day | 820 (54.1) | 432 (46.5) | 388 (66.1) | – | <0.001* | 36 (8.7) | 26 (7.1) |
| ≥1 portion/day | 696 (45.9) | 497 (53.3) | 199 (33.9) | 1.57 (1.38; 1.79) | 60 (12.6) | 13 (6.8) | |
| p = 0.06 | p = 0.91 | ||||||
| Meat, fish, poultry | |||||||
| ≥1 portion/day | 1303 (86.9) | 808 (87.2) | 501 (86.4) | – | 0.623 | 84 (10.9) | 35 (7.3) |
| 0 portions/day | 197 (13.1) | 118 (12.7) | 79 (13.6) | 0.93 (0.71; 1.20) | 12 (10.6) | 4 (5.5) | |
| p = 0.94 | p = 0.56 | ||||||
| Fruit, Fruit Juices | |||||||
| ≥ 3 portions/day | 205 (13.6) | 83 (9.0) | 122 (21.1) | – | <0.001* | 4 (5.0) | 4 (3.4) |
| < 3 portions/day | 1300 (86.4) | 842 (91.0) | 458 (78.9) | 1.15 (1.10; 1.20) | 92 (11.4) | 35 (8.1) | |
| p = 0.07 | p = 0.08 | ||||||
| Vegetables | |||||||
| ≥ 3 portions/day | 42 (2.8) | 17 (1.8) | 25 (4.3) | – | 0.01* | 2 (9.5) | 1 (5.26) |
| < 3 portions/day | 1463 (97.2) | 908 (98.2) | 555 (95.69) | 1.02 (1.00; 1.04) | 94 (10.8) | 38 (7.16) | |
| p = 0.84 | p = 0.75 | ||||||
| Beans | |||||||
| ≥ 1 portion/day | 963 (69.5) | 616 (72.1) | 347 (65.5) | – | 0.009** | 77 (12.0) | 27 (7.5) |
| 0 portions/day | 422 (30.5) | 239 (27.9) | 183 (34.5) | 0.81 (0.69; 0.94) | 19 (7.6) | 12 (6.0) | |
| p = 0.05 | p = 0.51 | ||||||
*indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05); **indicates marginal statistical significance (p < 0.1)
N.B. the sum of the total number varies because of data gaps