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. 2018 Jan 22;72(11):1524–1536. doi: 10.1038/s41430-017-0063-0

Table 3.

Differences in food shares (FS) and food-shares-to-energy shares (FS:ES) for each food group, between different pairs of household members who ate any of each food group

Log FS Log FS:ES
Food groupa n Mean 95% CI P Mean 95% CI P
Pregnant woman : household head
Starchy staples 149 −0.21 (−0.28, −0.13) <0.001 0.05 (−0.00, 0.10) 0.068
Pulses (beans, peas and lentils) 137 −0.11 (−0.22, −0.00) 0.047 0.14 (0.03, 0.26) 0.017
Nuts and seeds 35 −0.05 (−0.33, 0.22) 0.70 0.14 (−0.11, 0.39) 0.271
Dairy 88 −0.31 (−0.53, −0.10) 0.004 −0.07 (−0.30, 0.17) 0.578
Flesh foods (meat, fish and shellfish) 43 −0.44 (−0.62, −0.26) <0.001 −0.20 (−0.37, −0.04) 0.015
Eggs 24 −0.47 (−0.81, −0.12) 0.007 −0.28 (−0.63, 0.07) 0.115
Green leafy vegetables 94 0.00 (−0.16, 0.25) 0.69 0.29 (0.06, 0.52) 0.012
Other vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables 79 0.23 (−0.13, 0.59) 0.20 0.47 (0.10, 0.83) 0.012
Other vegetables 146 −0.22 (−0.31, −0.14) <0.001 0.00 (−0.06, 0.11) 0.593
Other fruits 21 0.53 (−0.68, 1.73) 0.39 0.74 (−0.42, 1.90) 0.213
Dietary diversityb 149 −0.07 (−0.11, −0.03) 0.001 −0.06 (−0.11, −0.01) 0.022
Mother-in-law : household head
Starchy staples 149 −0.23 (−0.33, −0.13) <0.001 0.00 (−0.00, 0.08) 0.07
Pulses (beans, peas and lentils) 136 −0.15 (−0.30, −0.01) 0.035 0.12 (0.02, 0.22) 0.017
Nuts and seeds 39 −0.28 (−0.62, 0.06) 0.107 0.00 (−0.36, 0.30) 0.84
Dairy 81 −0.47 (−0.67, −0.27) <0.001 −0.28 (−0.47, −0.08) 0.005
Flesh foods (meat, fish and shellfish) 40 −0.38 (−0.65, −0.10) 0.008 −0.13 (−0.37, 0.10) 0.27
Eggs 27 −0.34 (−0.63, −0.06) 0.019 −0.12 (−0.42, 0.19) 0.45
Green leafy vegetables 95 0.00 (−0.20, 0.24) 0.862 0.29 (0.07, 0.52) 0.011
Other vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables 83 0.32 (−0.18, 0.82) 0.213 0.55 (0.09, 1.02) 0.020
Other vegetables 148 −0.24 (−0.33, −0.14) <0.001 0.00 (−0.06, 0.12) 0.56
Other fruits 17 0.32 (−0.96, 1.60) 0.623 0.57 (−0.77, 1.91) 0.41
Dietary diversityb 149 −0.07 (−0.13, −0.01) 0.013 −0.02 (−0.09, 0.05) 0.54

a Intakes based on average over 3-day recall period; kcal intakes adjusted for by calculating food share to energy share [FS:ES between persons a and b=(intakea/kcala)/(intakeb/kcalb)]

b Dietary diversity score is based on 1-day recall period, and ‘log-FS’ was the log-transformed ratio between dietary diversity scores, whereas ‘log-FS:ES’ used the same log-dietary diversity ratio but adjusted for the corresponding log-transformed kcal intake ratios.