Table 1.

Adolescents’ median frequency of FV intake^* at 15-year (2008) and 18-year (2011) follow-ups stratified by sex and assets index; 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2008–2011/12 (n 3915)

Assets index	2008 follow-up		2011 follow-up		Change†,‡
(tertile)	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	(%)
Boys
1 (lowest)	3·08	1·75–4·93	3·01	1·61–5·78	2·27
2	2·86	1·69–4·77	2·57	1·31–5·12	3·34
3 (upper)	2·66	1·29–4·60	2·37	1·18–4·60	10·90
Girls
1 (lowest)	2·95	1·63–4·57	3·70	1·87–7·55	25·42
2	3·04	1·83–4·76	2·79	1·56–5·66	8·22
3 (upper)	3·00	1·68–4·90	2·65	1·47–4·70	11·67

FV, fruits and vegetables; IQR, interquartile range.

^*Total number of times FV consumed per day.

^†The change is positive only for girls in the lowest tertile of assets index.

^‡Only the difference between FV intake medians for girls in the lowest tertile of assets index was significant, P<0·001 (Wilcoxon signed-rank test).