Table 3

Reports of fruits and vegetables intake by food frequency and 24 hour recall methods.


Control
Group
(n = 83)
Intervention
Group
(n = 80)
Crude OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR§
(95% CI)

FFQ report of five or more fruit & vegetable servings per day
18 %
40 %
3.0*
(1.5 to 6.2)
3.0
(1.4 to 6.4)





24 hour recall of fruits or vegetables intake the previous day at:
breakfast
46 %
64 %
2.0**
(1.1 to 3.7)
1.6
(0.85 to 3.1)
lunch
59 %
74 %
1.8**
(.96 to 3.5)
1.5
(.77 to 3.1)
dinner
69%
89%
3.6**
(1.2 to 7.8)
3.8
(1.6 to 9.4)
snacks
25%
41%
1.8**
(1.0 to 3.1)
1.8
(.91 to 3.1)
Sum of three or more times throughout the day
32%
61%
3.4**
(1.9 to 6.1)
2.8
(1.6 to 5.2)

*OR estimated via multiple logistic regression as the odds of 5 or more servings per day vs. fewer than 5 for intervention group as compared to control group.

** OR is the odds of having reported eating a fruit or vegetable in the specific meal (yes vs. no), or 3 or more times in the day (vs. under 3 times), compared to the control group, as estimated by logistic regression.

§ Adjusted by multiple logistic regression for age, education level, race/ethnicity, self-perceived health status, and time since last medical check-up.

Miller et al. Nutrition Journal 2008 7:18   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-7-18