Table 2.
Consumption frequency of pasta and attributes that affect the pasta consumption of the total sample, Cluster 1 and Cluster 2.
| Item | All | Cluster 1 Uninvolved |
Cluster 2 Health-Conscious |
p-Value 4 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | ||
| Consumption frequency of pasta 1 | ||||||||||
| Regular | 5 | 4.7 | 1.33 | 5 | 4.9 | 1.31 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.34 | 0.007 |
| Wholegrain | 4 | 3.8 | 1.52 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.56 | 4 | 4.2 | 1.42 | <0.001 |
| Pasta attribute 2 | ||||||||||
| Type of cut | 5 | 4.0 | 1.73 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.72 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.75 | 0.801 |
| Wholegrain | 4 | 3.7 | 1.66 | 3 | 3.2 | 1.59 | 4 | 4.2 | 1.59 | <0.001 |
| Type of topping | 6 | 5.3 | 1.42 | 5 | 5.1 | 1.47 | 6 | 5.4 | 1.35 | 0.004 |
| Healthiness | 4 | 4.0 | 1.59 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.48 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.53 | <0.001 |
| Willingness to include wholegrain pasta 3 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.89 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.82 | 6 | 4.8 | 1.86 | <0.001 |
Note: 1 The consumption frequency was measured on a 7-semantic scale (1 = never, 2 = less than 1 time/month, 3 = 1 time/month, 4 = 2–3 times/month, 5 = 1 time/week, 6 = several times/week, 7 = everyday). 2 The importance of each attribute was measured on a 7-semantic scale (1 = not at all important, 7 = extremely important). 3 The willingness to start including whole grain pasta in the diet over the next month was measured on a 7-semantic scale (1 = to extremely likely, 7 = extremely likely) 4 Mann–Whitney U Test between 2 clusters.