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Table 2.

Price and discount of foods advertised on supermarket circulars in Brazil in accordance with the NOVA classification system and the PAHO nutritional profile. 2018.

Nutrient	Price (R$/100 g)			Discount			Percentage of discount
Nutrient	Mean	SD	p-value	Frequency (%)	95% CI	p-value	Mean	SD	p-value
NOVA classification
Fresh food and minimally processed food	2.71 ^a	7.11	<0.001 ^*	19.12 ^ab	17.77–20.48	<0.001 ^#	15.60 ^a	0.09	<0.001 ^*
Processed culinary ingredient	2.41^b	3.09		27.68 ^acd	24.08–31.28		13.45 ^abc	0.06
Processed food	3.27 ^abc	3.27		15.96 ^bce	14.14–17.79		16.52^b	0.09
Ultra-processed food	2.75^c	3.81		18.83 ^de	18.09–19.57		16.47^c	0.08

Excessive in sodium
Yes	2.73	2.68	0.0247 ^£	18.84	17.84–19.84	0.3150 ^#	16.56	8.04	0.6338 ^£
No	2.88	4.38	0.0247 ^£	18.14	17.21–19.07	0.3150 ^#	16.39	8.61	0.6338 ^£

Excessive in total fat
Yes	3.06	3.73	<0.0001 ^£	17.49	16.62–18.36	0.0010 ^#	16.56	8.72	0.5763 ^£
No	2.45	3.58	<0.0001 ^£	19.91	18.81–21.01	0.0010 ^#	16.36	7.82	0.5763 ^£

Excessive in saturated fat
Yes	3.11	3.95	<0.0001 ^£	16.82	15.88–17.75	<0.0001 ^#	16.54	9.11	0.7093 ^£
No	2.52	3.36	<0.0001 ^£	20.08	19.09–21.07	<0.0001 ^#	16.41	7.66	0.7093 ^£

Excessive in trans fat
Yes	2.30	2.01	<0.0001 ^£	16.64	15.68–17.61	<0.0001 ^#	16.64	8.66	0.4259 ^£
No	3.24	4.60	<0.0001 ^£	20.01	19.05–20.96	<0.0001 ^#	16.36	8.11	0.4259 ^£

Excessive in added sugar
Yes	2.91	4.45	0.0019 ^£	17.58	16.63–18.53	0.001 ^#	16.61	8.58	0.3945 ^£
No	2.71	2.69	0.0019 ^£	19.35	18.37–20.33	0.001 ^#	16.32	8.06	0.3945 ^£

CI: confidence interval; SD: standard deviation

Note: Same letters in a column indicate statistically significant differences

One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction

Pearson Chi-square with Bonferroni correction

^£

Student t-test