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Table 6 Pairwise comparisons of changes in dietary diversity among participating pupils in JHS (Repeated measures ANOVA)

From: Ramadan fasting alters food patterns, dietary diversity and body weight among Ghanaian adolescents

(I) Dietary diversity (mean ± SD)

(J) dietary diversity (mean ± SD)

Mean Difference (I-J)

Std. Error

Sig.b

95% Confidence Interval for Differenceb

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Baseline diversity (6.5 ± 1.6)

Midline diversity

(6.6 ± 1.8)

−0.175

0.113

0.734

−0.474

0.125

Endline diversity

(6.7 ± 1.7)

−0.210

0.116

0.418

−0.517

0.096

Post Ramadan diversity

(6.2 ± 1.4)

0.235

0.102

0.127

−0.034

0.504

Midline diversity (6.6 ± 1.8)

Endline diversity

(6.7 ± 1.7)

− 0.036

0.108

1.000

− 0.322

0.251

Post Ramadan diversity

(6.2 ± 1.4)

0.410a

0.105

0.001

0.132

0.688

Endline diversity (6.7 ± 1.7)

Post Ramadan diversity

(6.2 ± 1.4)

0.445a

0.102

< 0.001

0.174

0.717

  1. Based on estimated marginal means, a. The mean difference is significant at the .05 level, bAdjustment for multiple comparisons: Bonferroni