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. 2009 Jul 29;6(2):190–198. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00198.x

Table 2.

Percentage of students consuming adequate fruits and vegetables with different maternal determinants

% of students with adequate consumption
Fruit Vegetable
Mother group with passed knowledge score (KS) 24.7 35.7
Mother group with failed knowledge score (KS) 18.2 26.1
(n = 1536, P = 0.006) (n = 1538, P < 0.001)
Mother group expressed healthy eating is easy to sustain 23.2 31.9
Mother group expressed healthy eating is not easy to sustain 18.0 25.7
(n = 1702, P = 0.010) (n = 1704, P = 0.005)
Mother group with sufficient fruit intake 28.4 NA*
Mother group with insufficient fruit intake 16.8 NA*
(n = 1713, P < 0.001)
Mother group with sufficient vegetable intake NA* 34.8
Mother group with insufficient vegetable intake NA* 25.0
(n = 1735, P < 0.001)

n reflected the actual number of mother–child pairs that have successfully completed the relevant domain of both students' and mothers' questionnaire. *Not available as no logical association could be made.