Table 5.
Median component and total HEI-SGA values in Singaporean students attending different educational institutions.
| Median (IQR) Component and Total Scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Components | ITE (n = 100) | JC (n = 100) | POLY (n = 334) | p-Values * |
| Total fruit | 0.0 (0.0, 3.2) b | 4.6 (0.0, 5.0) a | 0.0 (0.0, 3.2) b | <0.001 |
| Whole fruit | 0.0 (0.0, 0.4) b | 4.2 (0.0, 5.0) a | 0.0 (0.0, 4.0) b | <0.001 |
| Total vegetables | 0.7 (0.0, 2.6) b | 2.7 (0.0, 5.0) a | 0.0 (0.0, 1.5) b | <0.001 |
| DGLOV | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) b | 0.0 (0.0, 3.7) a | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) b | <0.001 |
| Total rice & alternatives | 10.0 (6.3, 10.0) b | 10.0 (8.8, 10.0) a | 10.0 (7.9, 10.0) a,b | 0.015 |
| Whole grains | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) a | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) b | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) b | 0.004 |
| Dairy | 0.0 (0.0, 4.0) b | 3.4 (0.0, 8.4) a | 2.1 (0.0, 7.3) a,b | 0.002 |
| Total protein foods | 10.0 (6.7, 10.0) | 10.0 (7.6, 10.0) | 10.0 (6.4, 10.0) | 0.433 |
| Total Fat | 10.0 (9.8, 10.0) | 10.0 (9.4, 10.0) | 10.0 (7.0, 10.0) | 0.034 |
| Saturated fat | 10.0 (8.6, 10.0) b | 10.0 (7.7, 10.0) a,b | 9.7 (6.5, 10.0) a | 0.008 |
| Sodium | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.788 |
| Total HEI-SGA score | 47.4 (40.2, 52.6) b | 56.6 (48.1, 64.4) a | 47.4 (38.2, 54.7) b | <0.001 |
* Based on independent samples, Kruskal-Wallis. Groups that do not share a superscript are significantly different from each other by post-hoc Bonferroni-corrected tests. ITE—Institute of Technical Education, JC—Junior College, POLY—polytechnic, DGLOV–dark green leafy and orange vegetable.