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. 2016 Dec 28;14(1):26. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14010026

Table 2.

Spearman’s rank correlation between food and drink servings.

Food and Drink Consumed Rho (ρ), Significance Vegetables Fruit Water Plain Milk Snacks Sweets Cake Fruit Juice Soft Drink
Fruit ρ 0.251 * - - - - - - - -
Sig. (0.001)
Water ρ 0.179 * 0.171 * - - - - - - -
Sig. (0.001) (0.001)
Plain milk ρ 0.151 * 0.115 0.102 - - - - - -
Sig. (0.001) (0.009) (0.020)
Snacks ρ −0.011 −0.035 −0.031 −0.068 - - - - -
Sig. (0.796) (0.432) (0.475) (0.123)
Sweets ρ −0.019 −0.047 −0.072 0.024 0.344 * - - - -
Sig. (0.674) (0.299) (0.109) (0.600) (0.001)
Cakes ρ −0.089 0.002 −0.058 0.012 0.093 0.120 - - -
Sig. (0.042) (0.971) (0.185) (0.778) (0.034) (0.007)
Fruit juice ρ −0.129 −0.008 −0.111 −0.025 0.149 * 0.227 * 0.094 - -
Sig. (0.004) (0.853) (0.014) (0.585) (0.001) (0.001) (0.036)
Soft drink ρ −0.169 * −0.142 −0.190 * −0.093 0.225 * 0.419 * 0.127 0.273 * -
Sig. (0.001) (0.002) (0.001) (0.038) (0.001) (0.001) (0.005) (0.001)
Cordial ρ −0.107 −0.064 −0.211 * −0.059 0.225 * 0.201 * 0.056 0.172 * 0.233 *
Sig. (0.016) (0.152) (0.001) (0.184) (0.001) (0.001) (0.211) (0.001) (0.001)

* pDS ≤ 0.0011 (2-tailed).