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Table 1 Population characteristics (presented as percentage of population)

From: Milk beverages can reduce nutrient inadequacy among Brazilian pre-school children: a dietary modelling study

 

Total Population

Not meeting dairy recommendations (< 2 servings/d)

Meeting dairy recommendations (≥2 servings/d)

P-value*

n = 228

n = 174

n = 54

Gender (%)

 Male

50.9

50.0

53.7

0.634

 Female

49.1

50.0

46.3

 

Age (%)

 4 years

50.9

54.0

40.7

0.088

 5 years

49.1

46.0

59.3

 

Wealth Status (%)

 High SES

18.4

17.8

20.4

0.900

 Moderate SES

52.6

54.0

48.1

 

 Low SES

28.9

28.2

31.5

 

BMI (z scores)

 Severe Thinness (BMI z-score < −3)

3.1

2.9

3.7

0.923

 Thinness (−3 < BMI z-score < −2)

4.4

4.0

5.6

 

 Normal Weight (−2 < BMI z-score <  1)

47.4

47.1

48.1

 

 Overweight (1 < BMI z-score < 2)

20.6

24.1

25.9

 

 Obese (2 < BMI z-score)

24.6

21.8

16.7

 
  1. *Chi-square test between meeting dairy recommendations and not meeting dairy recommendations
  2. Categorical variables were presented as % of sample population