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. 2022 Aug 12;21:52. doi: 10.1186/s12937-022-00804-x

Table 5.

Mean food intake and percentage consumer at breakfast for Elderly by NRF 9.3 Tertiles, Philippines, 2018

Food Groups 60 years old and above (n = 7, 989)
Mean Food Group Intake (g)a P-value Percentage Consumer (%)b P-value
Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3 Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3
RICE 72.6 ± 1.78 89.5 ± 1.49 76 ± 1.24  < 0.001ac 29 ± 0.01 66 ± 0.01 74 ± 0.01  < 0.001*
COFFEE 16.3 ± 0.35 10.4 ± 0.35 8.9 ± 0.43  < 0.001abc 88 ± 0.01 65 ± 0.01 42 ± 0.01  < 0.001*
SUGARS 9 ± 0.33 7.7 ± 0.23 7.1 ± 0.22  < 0.001ab 40 ± 0.01 47 ± 0.01 35 ± 0.01 0.001*
FRESH FISH 29.7 ± 3.4 39.7 ± 1.24 54.5 ± 1.54  < 0.001abc 3 ± 0.003 24 ± 0.01 29 ± 0.01  < 0.001*
GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES 10.5 ± 2.34 19.9 ± 2.28 34.9 ± 1.68  < 0.001abc 0.2 ± 0.001 2 ± 0.003 22 ± 0.01  < 0.001*
COOKING OIL 5.8 ± 0.32 4.7 ± 0.17 4.1 ± 0.16  < 0.001ab 17 ± 0.01 34 ± 0.01 21 ± 0.01  < 0.001*
OTHER CEREAL PRODUCTS 54.9 ± 1.37 54.9 ± 1.45 47.8 ± 2.51  < 0.001bc 48 ± 0.01 35 ± 0.01 20 ± 0.01  < 0.001*
OTHER VEGETABLES 27.9 ± 4.73 45.6 ± 3.11 55.4 ± 3.30  < 0.001ab 2 ± 0.003 10 ± 0.01 19 ± 0.01  < 0.001*
POWDERED MILK 15 ± 1.88 18.9 ± 0.88 16.5 ± 0.64 0.111 3 ± 0.003 21 ± 0.01 17 ± 0.01  < 0.001*
CHICKEN EGG 33.1 ± 1.25 40.5 ± 1.19 41.5 ± 1.65  < 0.001ab 8 ± 0.005 18 ± 0.01 13 ± 0.01  < 0.001*

aValues are mean ± standard error

bValues are percentage ± standard error

Using Analysis of Covariance adjusted for age, sex, urbanity, wealth quintiles and energy intake at breakfast using Turkey HDS posthoc pairwise comparisons; subscripts represents significant difference between aTertile 1 vs Tertile 2, bTertile 1 vs Tertile 3, and cTertile 2 vs Tertile 3

Using Rank Biserial Correlation test; *significant