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Table 6 Children who consumed foods subject to risky cooking methods in the month before the survey

From: Lifestyles and socio-cultural factors among children aged 6–8 years from five Italian towns: the MAPEC_LIFE study cohort

 

BS

LE

PG

PI

TO

mean

P-valuea

Barbecued foods (wood/charcoal) (%)

Season I

25.3

37.2

39.6

31.9

16.3

30.1

<0.001

Season II

40.4*

44.6*

42.1

47.1*

20.3

38.9*

<0.001

Foods cooked on the griddle (%)

Season I

71.1

58.7

54.0

58.1

57.3

60.0

0.002

Season II

67.6

60.7

54.9

66.7

61.2

62.2

0.032

Fried foods (%)

Season I

75.5

81.4

77.0

69.0

80.6

76.9

0.017

Season II

72.8

82.2

77.4

78.1*

79.7

78.0

0.141

Toasted bread (%)

Season I

56.2

45.5

58.3

49.0

48.5

51.6

0.022

Season II

54.0

50.4

53.3

50.0

46.7

51.4

0.356

Smoked foods (%)

Season I

20.5

12.0

12.8

14.8

15.0

15.0

0.075

Season II

23.6

19.8

12.8

18.6

16.3

18.3

0.033

Pizza cooked in a wood oven (%)

Season I

61.2

65.3

63.0

60.5

60.8

62.2

0.888

Season II

69.6*

66.9

62.6

68.1*

64.3

66.3

0.487

  1. asignificance level by chi-squared test among frequencies in the various cities
  2. *p-value <0.05 by chi-squared test between frequencies in the two seasons