Table 2.

Urban rural differences in dietary practices, STEPS Survey, Punjab, India 2014-15

Variables	Males (N = 2381)		Females (N = 2746)		Total (N = 5127)
	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	n = 943	n = 1438	n = 1088	n = 1658	n = 2031	n = 3096
Mean number of servings of fruits and/or vegetable/day	2.3 (2.1–2.5)	2.4 (2.2–2.5)	2.2 (2.1–2.4)	2.0 (1.9–2.2)	2.3 (2.1–2.4)	2.2 (2.1–2.3)
§Mean number of servings of fruits/day	0.8 (0.7–1.0)	0.7 (0.6–0.7)	0.8 (0.7–1.0)	0.6 (0.5–0.7)	0.8 (0.7–1.0)	0.6 (0.5–0.7)
Ate less than 5 servings of fruits & vegetables/day	95.0 (92.5–97.4)	95.7 (94.0–97.4)	95.7 (92.8–98.6)	96.6 (95.1–98.1)	95.3 (93.1–97.5)	96.4 (95.1–97.6)
Always/often add salt before/when eating	9.5*** (6.0–13.1)	17.7 (13.6–21.7)	8.5** (6.9–10.0)	13.3 (10.2–16.8)	9.1* (6.8–11.4)	15.6 (12.3–18.9)
Always or often eat processed foods high in salt	11.8 (7.2–16.3)	18.0 (13.8–22.2)	15.4 (9.4–21.5)	11.2 (8.2–14.0)	13.4 (8.9–17.9)	14.4 (11.7–17.1)

Estimates are weighted for age, sex, and non-response; One standard serving of fruits or vegetables is equivalent to 80 g; data in the table are presented as mean (95 % confidence interval) or % (95 % confidence interval); ^§data for this variable were not available for 317 participants; ^* p <0.05 compared to rural subjects; ^** p < 0.05 compared to rural females; ^*** p <0.05 compared to rural males;