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Proportion of students who had satisfactory dietary knowledge, by gender.
| Type of dietary knowledge | Males (n=1240) | Females (n=1331) | P value | ||
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| No. | % | No. | % | ||
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| Dangers of high cholesterol | 50 | 4.0 | 63 | 4.7 | NS |
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| Examples of high-cholesterol-containing foods | 288 | 23.2 | 349 | 26.2 | NS |
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| Dangers of obesity | 93 | 7.5 | 160 | 12.0 | 0.0001 |
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| Benefits of fiber-rich diets | 48 | 3.9 | 27 | 2.1 | 0.006 |
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| Examples of fiber-rich diets | 341 | 27.5 | 322 | 24.2 | NS |
NS, not statistically significant
