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. 2018 Jan 10;10(1):64. doi: 10.3390/nu10010064

Table 2.

Dietary characteristics of the 405 participants according to gender and year.

L1 L2 L3
2006 2016 Within Male Students Within Female Students Between Gender in 2006 Between Gender in 2016
2006 2016 Male Female Male Female
% % Adj. Res. P (Cr.’s V) % % % % Adj. Res. P (Cr.’s V) Adj. Res. P (Cr.’s V) Adj. Res. P (Cr.’s V) Adj. Res. P (Cr.’s V)
Cereals/Starchy foods 1/day 1.2 0.6 0.6 <0.001 (0.510) 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 NA <0.001 (0.373) 0.7 <0.001 (0.627) 1.4 <0.001 (0.364) 0.8 0.802
2/day 8.3 0.0 3.8 8.4 8.2 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.0 0.1 NA
3/day 21.9 6.7 4.1 11.6 28.6 8.5 5.8 0.6 4.5 3.1 0.7
4/day 24.0 6.7 4.5 17.9 27.9 5.1 7.7 2.3 4.0 1.8 0.6
5/day 20.2 11.0 2.4 20.0 20.4 8.5 12.5 1.9 1.6 0.1 0.8
>5/day 24.4 74.8 10.0 42.1 12.9 78.0 73.1 4.4 9.7 5.2 0.7
Fruits <1/day 10.3 0.0 4.2 <0.001 (0.258) 9.5 10.9 0.0 0.0 2.4 0.049 (0.250) 3.5 <0.001 (0.276) 0.4 0.630 NA 0.904
1/day 25.2 17.8 1.8 24.2 25.9 16.9 18.3 1.1 1.4 0.3 0.2
2/day 35.1 42.3 1.5 41.1 31.3 42.4 42.3 0.2 1.8 1.6 0.0
3/day 16.1 16.0 0.0 13.7 17.7 18.6 14.4 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7
>3/day 13.2 23.9 2.8 11.6 14.3 22.0 25.0 1.7 2.1 0.6 0.4
Nuts <1/month 20.2 18.4 0.5 <0.001 (0.337) 13.7 24.5 23.7 15.4 1.6 <0.001 (0.387) 1.8 <0.001 (0.367) 2.0 0.012 (0.213) 1.3 0.021 (0.242)
O 42.6 14.7 5.9 36.8 46.3 6.8 19.2 4.2 4.4 1.4 2.2
2–3/week 34.3 55.2 4.2 45.3 27.2 50.8 57.7 0.7 4.9 2.9 0.8
D 2.9 11.7 3.5 4.2 2.0 18.6 7.7 2.9 2.2 1.0 2.1
Vegetables <1/day 21.1 0.0 6.3 <0.001 (0.600) 33.7 12.9 0.0 0.0 5.0 <0.001 (0.663) 3.8 <0.001 (0.563) 3.9 0.002 (0.272) NA 0.031 (0.233)
1/day 53.7 25.2 5.7 49.5 56.5 30.5 22.1 2.3 5.4 1.1 1.2
2/day 19.4 40.5 4.6 13.7 23.1 28.8 47.1 2.3 4.0 1.8 2.3
3/day 4.1 0.0 2.6 3.2 4.8 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.3 0.6 NA
4/day 1.2 27.6 8.1 0.0 2.0 37.3 22.1 6.4 5.1 1.4 2.1
>4/day 0.4 6.7 3.7 0.0 0.7 3.4 8.7 1.8 3.2 0.8 1.3
Dairies <1/day 2.1 0.6 1.2 <0.001 (0.325) 1.1 2.7 0.0 1.0 0.8 <0.001 (0.466) 1.0 0.001 (0.253) 0.9 0.529 0.8 0.065
1/day 28.1 14.1 3.3 27.4 28.6 13.6 14.4 2.0 2.6 0.2 0.2
2/day 42.6 25.8 3.5 47.4 39.5 15.3 31.7 4.1 1.3 1.2 2.3 ‡‡
>2/day 27.3 59.5 6.5 24.2 29.3 71.2 52.9 5.7 3.8 0.9 2.3 ‡‡‡
Meat <1/month 2.5 18.4 5.5 <0.001 (0.420) 1.1 3.4 18.6 18.3 4.0 <0.001 (0.400) 3.9 0.000 (0.441) 1.1 0.328 0.1 0.377
O 22.7 46.6 5.0 24.2 21.8 40.7 50.0 2.2 4.7 0.4 1.1
2–3/week 72.3 34.4 7.6 70.5 73.5 39.0 31.7 3.9 6.6 0.5 0.9
D 2.5 0.6 1.4 4.2 1.4 1.7 0.0 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.3
Processed meat <1/month 11.2 11.0 0.0 <0.001 (0.207) 7.4 13.6 10.2 11.5 0.6 0.182 0.5 0.002 (0.240) 1.5 0.078 0.3 0.876
O 28.9 17.8 2.6 24.2 32.0 15.3 19.2 1.3 2.2 1.3 0.6
2–3/week 54.5 54.6 0.0 60.0 51.0 55.9 53.8 0.5 0.4 1.4 0.3
D 5.4 16.6 3.7 8.4 3.4 18.6 15.4 1.9 3.4 1.7 0.5
Poultry <1/month 0.8 5.5 2.9 0.003 (0.181) 2.1 0.0 6.8 4.8 1.5 0.345 2.7 0.003 (0.216) 1.8 0.051 0.5 0.929
O 23.6 20.2 0.8 27.4 21.1 22.0 19.2 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.4
2–3/week 75.2 71.2 0.9 69.5 78.9 67.8 73.1 0.2 1.1 1.7 0.7
D 0.4 3.1 2.2 1.1 0.0 3.4 2.9 1.0 2.1 1.2 0.2
Eggs <1/month 14.0 26.4 3.1 <0.001 (0.289) 10.5 16.3 18.6 30.8 1.4 0.002 (0.304) 2.7 <0.001 (0.286) 1.3 0.089 1.7 0.065
O 41.3 19.0 4.7 37.9 43.5 15.3 21.2 3.0 3.7 0.9 0.9
2–3/week 43.8 47.9 0.8 49.5 40.1 54.2 44.2 0.6 0.6 1.4 1.2
D 0.8 6.7 3.3 2.1 0.0 11.9 3.8 2.5 2.4 1.8 2.0
Fish <1/month 6.6 12.3 2.0 <0.001 (0.318) 5.3 7.5 11.9 12.5 1.5 <0.001 (0.431) 1.3 <0.001 (0.241) 0.7 0.014 (0.186) 0.1 0.818
O 39.3 10.4 6.4 50.5 32.0 8.5 11.5 5.3 3.8 2.9 0.6
2–3/week 54.1 77.3 4.7 44.2 60.5 79.7 76.0 4.3 2.6 2.5 0.5
Legumes <1/month 6.6 2.5 1.9 <0.001 (0.336) 7.4 6.1 1.7 2.9 1.5 <0.001 (0.330) 1.2 <0.001 (0.341) 0.4 0.955 0.5 0.908
O 33.9 7.4 6.2 33.7 34.0 8.5 6.7 3.6 5.1 0.1 0.4
2–3/week 59.5 90.2 6.7 58.9 59.9 89.8 90.4 4.1 5.3 0.1 0.1
Sweets <1/month 5.8 2.5 1.6 0.259 11.6 2.0 0.0 3.8 2.7 0.036 (0.236) 0.9 0.722 3.1 0.004 (0.233) 1.5 0.221
O 16.5 16.6 0.0 21.1 13.6 22.0 13.5 0.1 0.0 1.5 1.4
2–3/week 54.5 51.5 0.6 47.4 59.2 47.5 53.8 0.0 0.8 1.8 0.8
D 23.1 29.4 1.4 20.0 25.2 30.5 28.8 1.5 0.6 0.9 0.2
“Ready-to-eat food” <1/month 5.0 7.4 1.0 0.016 (0.157) 2.1 6.8 6.8 7.7 1.5 0.069 0.3 0.269 1.6 0.035 (0.186) 0.2 0.707
O 28.1 22.1 1.4 23.2 31.3 18.6 24.0 0.7 1.3 1.4 0.8
2–3/week 62.8 70.6 1.6 67.4 59.9 74.6 68.3 1.0 1.4 1.2 0.8
D 4.1 0.0 2.6 7.4 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 1.5 2.0 NA
Alcoholic beverages <1/month 7.4 3.7 1.6 0.228 4.2 9.5 5.1 2.9 0.3 0.695 2.1 0.138 1.5 0.006 (0.223) 0.7 0.016 (0.247)
O 25.6 24.5 0.2 18.9 29.9 13.6 30.8 0.9 0.1 1.9 2.5
2–3/week 62.0 63.2 0.2 67.4 58.5 66.1 61.5 0.2 0.5 1.4 0.6
D 5.0 8.6 1.5 9.5 2.0 15.3 4.8 1.1 1.2 2.6 2.3

L1: between year comparisons for the total sample; L2: between year–within gender comparisons; L3: between gender–within year comparisons; Adj. Res.: Adjusted Residual (in absolute value); P: Chi square test p-value; Cr.’s V: Cramer’s V coefficient; O: occasionally; D: daily; NA: not applicable; Exact probability p-value = 0.039; ‡‡ Exact probability p-value = 0.021; ‡‡‡ Exact probability p-value = 0.022.