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Table 3 Prevalence and odds ratios of vegetable and fruit breaks for all schools and by subgroup

From: Effectiveness of a multi-strategy intervention in increasing the implementation of vegetable and fruit breaks by Australian primary schools: a non-randomized controlled trial

 

Prevalence of vegetable and fruit breaksa

Odds Ratio (OR)

p-value

 

Intervention

Comparison

Intervention

Comparison

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

(95 % CI)

  
 

Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

   

All Schools

195 (50.3)

318 (82.0)

116 (45.4)

157 (60.9)

2.36 (1.60-3.49)

1

<0.001*

School Type

       

· Government

152 (51.0)

252 (84.6)

89 (45.0)

125 (62.8)

2.52 (1.60-3.97)

1

<0.001*

· Non-Government

43 (47.8)

66 (73.3)

27 (45.8)

32 (54.2)

2.14 (0.98-4.68)

1

0.057

School size

       

· Small

76 (42.2)

138 (76.7)

34 (40.5)

51 (60.0)

2.0 (1.08-3.72)

1

0.029*

· Medium

94 (58.8)

140 (87.5)

57 (45.6)

74 (64.4)

2.68 (1.44-4.97)

1

0.002*

· Large

23 (52.3)

36 (81.8)

18 (39.1)

26 (56.5)

2.03 (0.69-6.00)

1

0.200

ARIA

       

· Rural

55 (36.0)

118 (77.1)

29 (50.9)

42 (72.4)

2.55 (1.24-5.26)

1

0.011*

· Urban

140 (59.6)

200 (85.1)

87 (43.5)

115 (57.5)

2.13 (1.30-3.48)

1

0.003*

SEIFA

       

· Low

136 (47.2)

234 (81.3)

70 (47.0)

97 (65.1)

2.30 (1.43- 3.71)

1

<0.001*

· High

59 (59.0)

84 (84.0)

46 (42.2)

60 (55.1)

2.18 (1.08-4.40)

1

0.031*

  1. a A time in class for children to consume a piece of vegetable or fruit they had brought from home; * Significant where alpha = 0.05; ARIA, Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia; CI, Confidence Interval; SEIFA, Socio-Economic Indexes For Australia.