Table 2.
Comparison of breastfed and non-breastfed children with regard to consumer percentages and consumer means for type of bread, SSB and fruit intake
| Breastfed | Non-Breastfed | P-value Consumer percentage |
P-value Consumer intake | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nconsumer (%) | Consumer intake | Nconsumer (%) | Consumer intake | ||||
| Bread score | |||||||
| Breakfast | 733 (94.7%) | 3.15 ± 1.08 | 433 (92.9%) | 2.97 ± 1.05 | 0.216 | 0.007 | |
| Lunch at school | 475 (61.4%) | 3.30 ± 1.14 | 257 (55.2%) | 3.21 ± 1.11 | 0.032 | 0.191 | |
| Lunch at home | 741 (95.7%) | 3.15 ± 1.14 | 453 (97.2%) | 3.02 ± 1.11 | 0.216 | 0.050 | |
| Dinner | 93 (12.0%) | 3.05 ± 1.27 | 57 (12.2%) | 2.75 ± 1.14 | 0.928 | 0.149 | |
| Total | 771 (99.6%) | 3.18 ± 1.09 | 465 (99.8%) | 3.01 ± 1.07 | 1.000 | 0.007 | |
| Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption frequency | |||||||
| Breakfast | 520 (67.2%) | 4.76 ± 2.55 | 352 (75.5%) | 4.97 ± 2.50 | 0.002 | 0.302 | |
| In the morning | 741 (95.7%) | 5.89 ± 1.60 | 449 (96.4%) | 5.83 ± 1.90 | 0.657 | 0.301 | |
| Lunch at school | 342 (44.2%) | 1.97 ± 1.48 | 214 (45.9%) | 2.04 ± 1.50 | 0.556 | 0.523 | |
| Lunch at home | 545 (70.4%) | 4.32 ± 2.79 | 365 (78.3%) | 4.91 ± 2.60 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | |
| In the afternoon | 750 (96.9%) | 6.24 ± 2.09 | 453 (97.2%) | 6.53 ± 2.59 | 0.864 | 0.105 | |
| Dinner | 319 (41.2%) | 4.13 ± 2.51 | 193 (41.4%) | 4.36 ± 2.58 | 0.953 | 0.405 | |
| In the evening | 354 (45.7%) | 4.06 ± 2.55 | 271 (58.2%) | 4.49 ± 2.89 | < 0.001 | 0.221 | |
| Total | 770 (99.5%) | 22.5 ± 9.71 | 464 (99.6%) | 25.0 ± 10.5 | 1.000 | < 0.001 | |
| Fruit consumption frequency | |||||||
| Breakfast | 128 (16.5%) | 2.38 ± 1.97 | 78 (16.7%) | 2.71 ± 2.10 | 0.937 | 0.276 | |
| In the morning | 721 (93.2%) | 4.87 ± 1.44 | 422 (90.6%) | 4.73 ± 1.47 | 0.103 | 0.091 | |
| Lunch at school | 123 (15.9%) | 1.41 ± 1.23 | 72 (15.5%) | 1.64 ± 1.20 | 0.872 | 0.137 | |
| Lunch at home | 162 (20.9%) | 3.15 ± 2.17 | 98 (21.0%) | 3.77 ± 1.98 | 1.000 | 0.023 | |
| In the afternoon | 447 (57.8%) | 3.19 ± 1.67 | 223 (47.9%) | 2.99 ± 1.52 | 0.001 | 0.168 | |
| Dinner | 148 (19.1%) | 2.31 ± 1.74 | 57 (12.2%) | 2.36 ± 1.92 | 0.002 | 0.938 | |
| In the evening | 188 (24.3%) | 2.56 ± 1.87 | 136 (29.2%) | 3.22 ± 1.82 | 0.062 | 0.001 | |
| Total | 754 (97.4%) | 8.96 ± 4.55 | 448 (96.1%) | 8.78 ± 4.66 | 0.234 | 0.309 | |
Bold: p < 0.05, Nbreastfed = 774, Nnon-breastfed = 466
Results are shown as number of consumers (%) and the mean ± SD among consumers. Note that bread consumption is reported as a ratio score between whole wheat, brown and white bread whereas beverage and fruit consumption is reported as the estimated frequency of consumption per week