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Table 4 Intervention effect on essential nutrient intake at follow up

From: Evaluation of the impact of a school gardening intervention on children’s fruit and vegetable intake: a randomised controlled trial

Food

RHS-led (n = 312)

Teacher-led Intervention (n = 329)

Intervention effect

Mean (g)

SE

95% CI

Mean (g)

SE

95% CI

Mean diff (g)

SE

95% CI

P-value

Unadjusted

          

Total energy intake (KJ/day)

7266

524.6

6237, 8294

7388

506.4

6396, 8381

−122

435.3

−730, 976

0.8

Total energy intake (kcal/day)

1729

124.8

1485, 1974

1757

120.4

1521, 1994

−28

103.8

−175, 231

0.8

Total fat intake (g/day)

75

5.4

64, 85

73

5.1

63, 83

2

5.5

−13, 9

0.7

Sodium (mg/day)

2426

179.2

2075, 2777

2394

170.7

2060, 2729

31

188.7

−401, 338

0.9

Total sugars (g/day) including non- milk extrinsic sugars

87

6.7

74, 100

96

6.7

83, 109

−9

5.2

−1, 19

0.08

Carotene intake (mg/day)

1788

189.4

1416, 2159

1967

188.4

1598, 2337

179

236.2

−283, 642

0.4

Vitamin C intake (mg/day)

74

6.1

62, 86

87

5.9

76, 99

13

5.7

2, 24

0.2

Iron (μg/day)

9

0.7

8, 11

9

0.7

8, 11

−0.3

0.3

−0.9, 1.4

0.8

Fibre (g/day)

11

0.9

1, 13

12

0.9

11, 14

0.2

0.8

−0.0, 0.3

0.2

Carbohydrates (g/day)

213

15.4

183, 244

219

15.3

189, 249

−5.5

10.8

−15, 26

0.6

Folate (μg/day)

180

12.5

155, 204

189

12.1

166, 213

−9.9

10.9

−11, 3

0.4

Protein (g/day)

64

4.7

55, 73

69

4.5

60, 78

−5.2

4.7

−14, 4

0.3

Adjusted for age, IMDS a , ethnicity & gender

          

Total energy intake (KJ/day)

6387

748.9

4920, 7855

6587

707.9

5199, 7974

−199

430.4

−1043, 644

0.6

Total energy intake (kcal/day)

1520

178.2

1171, 1870

1567

168.4

1237, 1897

−46

102.5

−247, 154

0.6

Total fat intake (g/day)

65

8.2

49, 81

64

7.7

49, 79

1

5.2

−9, 11

0.8

Sodium (mg/day)

2272

286

1711, 2833

2257

267.7

1732, 2781

16

190.4

−357, 388

0.9

Total sugars (g/day) including non- milk extrinsic sugars

90

10.5

70, 111

99

10.0

80, 118

−8

5.1

18, 2

0.1

Carotene intake (mg/day)

1995

864

242, 3748

2164

878

442, 3886

168

230

−281, 618

0.5

Vitamin C intake (mg/day)

113

31.7

51, 175

125

31

64, 187

13

5.5

2, 23

0.02

Iron (μg/day)

8

1.0

6, 10

8

0.9

6, 10

−0.4

0.6

−1, 0.9

0.5

Fibre (g/day)

10

1.3

7, 13

11

1.3

9, 14

−1

0.8

−3, 1

0.1

Carbohydrates (g/day)

186

21.5

144, 228

193

20.6

153, 234

−7

10.9

−28, 14

0.5

Folate (μg/day)

169

19.7

131, 208

180

18.6

144, 217

−11

10.9

−32, 10

0.3

Protein (g/day)

58

7.1

44, 72

64

6.7

51, 77

−6

4.8

−15, 3

0.2

  1. Multi-level robust cluster regression analysis used to test significant difference between the two groups.
  2. aIMDS: index of multiple deprivation score.