Mean (SD) c Residual adjusted + 2.5 | ||||||
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 | Improved Vegetable Intake (n = 121) | Stable Inadequate (n = 370) | p-value | Reduced Vegetable Intake (n = 123) | Stable Adequate (n = 233) | p-value |
Age (yrs.) | 28.7 (5.25) | 28.7 (4.98) | 0.97 | 29.7 (5.23) | 30.4 (5.28) | 0.24 |
Poverty Income Level | 2.70 (1.82) | 2.54 (1.79) | 0.39 | 2.69 (1.72) | 3.14 (2.36) | 0.04 |
Race (%) | ||||||
 White | 81.8 | 85.1 | 0.31 | 85.4 | 85.7 | 0.38 |
 Black | 4.1 | 5.2 | 0.31 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 0.38 |
 Hispanic Ethnicity | 9.1 | 4.6 | 0.31 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 0.38 |
 Other | 4.9 | 5.2 | 0.31 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 0.38 |
Education (%) | ||||||
 High school graduate or less | 19.8 | 21.1 | 0.59 | 12.3 | 14.3 | 0.27 |
 College graduate or more | 80.2 | 78.9 | 0.59 | 87.7 | 85.7 | 0.27 |
Marital Status (%) | ||||||
 Married | 82.8 | 78.9 | 0.55 | 84.0 | 87.7 | 0.54 |
 Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.55 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 0.54 |
 Never Married | 14.7 | 18.0 | 0.55 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 0.54 |
 Nulliparous (%) | 27.5 | 25.5 | 0.66 | 29.8 | 31.3 | 0.76 |
 Works for someone else full time* (%) | 33.3 | 39.2 | 0.27 | 43.5 | 30.0 | 0.047 |
 Mother enrollment in WIC 2-mo (%) | 28.7 | 26.4 | 0.65 | 28.2 | 20.7 | 0.13 |
 Servings of Fruita (Mean (SE)) | 2.47 (0.17) | 1.77 (0.20) | 0.0006 | 1.70 (0.17) | 2.29 (0.12) | 0.002 |
 Servings of Vegetables | 2.76 (0.10)b | 1.25 (0.06)a | < 0.0001 | 2.70 (0.10)b | 4.25 (0.07)c | < 0.0001 |
 Servings of Dairy | 2.99 (0.11)ab | 3.21 (0.06)a | 0.08 | 2.93 (0.11)ab | 2.71 (0.08)b | 0.07 |
 Servings of whole grainsa | 3.03 (0.06) | 2.96 (0.03) | 0.28 | 2.92 (0.05) | 3.09 (0.04) | 0.01 |
 Grams of sugara | 49.8 (0.23)b | 50.8 (0.13)a | < 0.0001 | 50.0 (0.23)b | 48.8 (0.17)c | < 0.0001 |
 Grams of discretionary fata | 20.3 (1.13) | 21.3 (0.65) | 0.42 | 22.9 (1.12) | 23.6 (0.81) | 0.64 |