Table 4. Eating vegetables in the surveyed group of students.
Eating vegetables | 5–85 BMI percentile | ≥85 BMI percentile | p* | p** | |||
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n | % | n | % | 5–85 BMI percentile vs ≥85 BMI percentile | |||
Girls | Rarely or none | 40 | 3.9 | 8 | 5.4 | 0.064 | ns |
Several times a week | 530 | 52.0 | 89 | 60.5 | ns | ||
Several times a day | 449 | 44.1 | 50 | 34.1 | <0.016 | ||
Boys | Rarely or none | 37 | 6.9 | 5 | 6.0 | <0.001 | ns |
Several times a week | 299 | 56.1 | 45 | 54.2 | <0.016 | ||
Several times a day | 197 | 37.0 | 83 | 39.8 | <0.016 | ||
Total | Rarely or none | 77 | 5.0 | 13 | 4.6 | 0.186 | ns |
Several times a week | 829 | 53.4 | 134 | 47.9 | ns | ||
Several times a day | 646 | 41.6 | 133 | 47.5 | ns |
Notes:
Pearson’s chi-squared test.
Post hoc pairwise comparisons test including Bonferroni correction for multiple comparison.