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. 2020 Nov 13;12(11):3492. doi: 10.3390/nu12113492

Table 3.

Dietary behavior according to grouping of recommended fruits and vegetables intake.

<400 g
(n = 5364)
≥400 g
(n = 2972)
p-Value (1) Intake p-Value (2)
n % (3) n % Mean SE
Breakfast frequency (per week) 0.0234 <0.0001
 5–7 times a week 4970 92.43 2824 94.54 375.70 a 5.23
 3–4 times a week 158 2.85 59 2.22 331.24 a 26.24
 1–2 times a week 70 1.28 28 1.05 364.85 a 49.41
 <1/week 157 3.44 56 2.20 285.27 b 22.32
Meal pattern (per day) (4) <0.0001 <0.0001
 B + L 490 8.86 220 7.79 347.64 b 14.23
 B + D 750 13.86 287 9.70 312.48 b 11.37
 L + D 473 9.42 184 6.68 307.07 b 12.79
 B + L + D 3148 58.11 2188 72.73 414.04 a 6.37
 Others 503 9.76 93 3.10 214.84 a 12.36
Snack (per day) <0.0001 <0.0001
 No 2954 54.48 503 16.79 216.09 4.95
 Yes 2410 45.52 2469 83.21 480.96 6.38
Pattern of cooking place (per day) (5) <0.0001 <0.0001
 Only home 2004 36.88 279 9.33 191.36 e 5.80
 Only commercial location (6) 219 4.39 109 3.85 344.18 c 21.23
 H + C 2782 52.04 2376 79.32 452.25 b 6.22
 Only institution (7) 40 0.70 1 0.01 119.24 e 15.02
 H + I 150 2.87 23 0.83 237.31 d 21.36
 C + I 38 0.65 23 0.88 369.85 c 33.32
 H + C + I 131 2.48 161 5.78 501.84 a 24.94
Food insecurity <0.0001 <0.0001
 Enough food secure 2313 43.87 1605 54.34 410.73 a 7.61
 Mildly food insecure 2611 48.69 1247 42.43 348.45 b 6.56
 Moderately/severely food insecure 404 7.44 107 3.22 245.94 c 12.25
Eating-out frequency <0.0001 <0.0001
 ≥1/day 237 4.61 170 5.93 429.59 a 19.72
 5–6/week 300 5.81 189 6.57 396.95 a 15.91
 3–4/week 333 5.99 277 9.29 463.45 a 16.60
 1–2/week 1221 22.21 869 29.66 425.17 a 9.95
 <1/week 3264 61.37 1462 48.55 360.57 b 7.84

(1)p-value calculated using the chi-square test; (2)p-value calculated using the t-test or one-way ANOVA; (3) weighted %; (4) B: breakfast, L: lunch, D: dinner; (5) H: home, C: commercial location, I: institution; (6) commercial location meal included Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Western, fast food, instant noodle, instant food, packed meal, convenience food, and bread/cookie; (7) institution meal included industry, school, religious, elderly, and free; a–e different superscript letters mean significantly different among groups at the α = 0.05 level by Tukey’s multiple range comparison.