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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the full sample versus participants with 2 and 3 food diaries

From: Food group intake patterns and nutrient intake vary across low-income Hispanic and African American preschool children in Atlanta: a cross sectional study

 

Full sample

Participants with at least 2 food fiaries

Participants with 3 food fiaries

 

Hispanic

African American

Total

Hispanic

African American

Total

Hispanic

African American

Total

Male

60* (42.6%)

85 (56.7%)

145 (49.8%)

17* (39.5%)

39 (59.1%)

56 (51.4%)

16* (38.1%)

38 (60.3%)

54 (51.4%)

< 3 years

78* (55.3%)

115 (76.7%)

193 (67.4%)

22* (51.2%)

51 (77.3%)

76 (67.0%)

21* (50%)

48 (76.2%)

69 (65.7%)

Obese

30* (21.3%)

21 (14.0%)

51 (17.5%)

9 (20.9%)

8 (12.1%)

17 (15.6%)

9 (21.4%)

7 (11.1%)

16 (15.2%)

WIC Enrolled

103 (73.0%)

106 (70.7%)

209 (71.8%)

32 (75.0%)

47 (71.2%)

79 (72.5%)

32 (76.2%)

45 (71.4%)

77 (73.3%)

High caloric intake

NA

NA

NA

20* (46.51%)

48 (72.7%)

68 (62.4%)

20* (47.6%)

46 (73.0%)

66 (62.9%)

TOTAL

141 (48.1%)

150 (51.4%)

291 (100%)

43 (39.4%)

66 (60.6 %)

109 (100%)

42 (40.0%)

63 (60.0%)

105 (100%)

  1. *Difference across ethnicities p < 0.05.
  2. High caloric intake was defined as being higher than the DRI (EER) for the specific age and sex.
  3. NOTE: No significant differences were found among any of the categories when comparing the samples of 2 food diaries and 3 food diaries to the full sample.