Table 3.
Fruit and vegetable juice intake (g/day) for boys and girls in Food Neophobia Scale categories—mean ± SD, as well as median, minimum, and maximum values are presented, and compared between genders and between food neophobia categories.
| Food Neophobia Category (Tertile of Food Neophobia Scale) | Girls; n = 78 | Boys; n = 85 | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Median (Minimum–Maximum) | Mean ± SD | Median (Minimum–Maximum) | ||
| Low (first) | 115.4 ± 106.6 | 89.3 * (0.0–428.6) | 195.8 ± 225.0 | 107.1 * (0.0–1000.0) | 0.3245 |
| Medium (second) | 140.1 ± 119.0 | 107.1 * (0.0–357.1) | 153.9 ± 147.9 | 107.1 * (0.0–535.7) | 0.7998 |
| High (third) | 136.7 ± 185.2 | 71.4 * (0.0–642.9) | 154.3 ± 127.5 | 142.9 * (0.0–500.0) | 0.1496 |
| p-Value | 0.9602 | 0.5550 | |||
* distribution different than normal (verified using Shapiro-Wilk test—p ≤ 0.05).