Table 4. Eating vegetables in the surveyed group of students.

Eating vegetables		5–85 BMI percentile		≥85 BMI percentile		p*	p**
		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.