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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2016 Feb 12;100:263–271. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.021

Table 5.

Association of tertiles of fibre intake from FFQ in children in ALSPAC aged 38 months with stool type at age 42 months from parent-completed questionnaires.

Dietary fibre intake (g/day, range) Stool type (hard) at 42 months, odds ratio (95% confidence intervals)
Never (ref) (n = 2563) Sometimes (n = 4516) Usually (n = 1820)
Dietary fibre intake at 38 months (FFQ)
   Tertile 1 Lowest intake 0.7–<7.4 – 1.29 (1.13, 1.48), p < 0.001 1.87 (1.61, 2.16), p < 0.001
   Tertile 2 Medium intake 7.4–<9.7 – 1.33 (1.16, 1.51), p < 0.001 1.47 (1.27, 1.71), p < 0.001
   Tertile 3 Highest intake (ref) 9.7–22.5 – 1.00 1.00

FFQ, food frequency questionnaire