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Table 3 Differences in mean ± SD frequency of consuming different Animal Source Foods (ASF) in the past week

From: Risk of anaemia among women engaged in biomass-based fish smoking as their primary livelihood in the central region of Ghana: a comparative cross-sectional study

ASF group

FSLa women (n = 175)

OLb women (n = 155)

cp-value

Fish and seafood

14.2 ± 3.8

12.4 ± 4.7

< 0.001

Milk and milk products

1.2 ± 2.2

1.9 ± 2.1

< 0.001

Livestock meats

1.1 ± 1.5

1.3 ± 1.6

0.09

Eggs

0.9 ± 1.4

1.2 ± 1.4

0.09

Poultry

0.5 ± 0.9

0.9 ± 1.5

< 0.001

Organ meats

< 0.1 ± 0.2

0.1 ± 0.3

0.09

Bush meats

< 0.1 ± 0.1

0.1 ± 0.2

0.36

  1. aFish Smoking Livelihood bOther Livelihoods cP-value associated independent T-test