Is There an Association between Socioeconomic Status and Body Mass Index among Adolescents in Mauritius?

Table 3

Consumption frequencies of different food items by low and high socioeconomic groups.

Food items	Mean (±SD*)	Results of independent samples t-test
		P value	Mean difference	95% CI**
Fruits and vegetables
Low	2.88±0.686	0.0380	0.215	0.0120 to 0.417
High	2.67±0.753
Raw vegetables
Low	2.68±0.946	0.005	0.398	0.119 to 0.677
High	2.28±1.05
Fruits
Low	2.89±1.06	0.377	−0.130	−0.419 to 0.159
High	3.02±0.995
Wholegrain cereals
Low	0.74±1.19	0.000	−1.82	−2.17 to −1.47
High	2.56±1.31
Refined cereals
Low	0.41±0.619	0.000	−0.869	−1.11 to −0.625
High	1.28±1.05
Milk and DP
Low	2.08±0.834	0.000	−0.688	−0.926 to −0.451
High	2.77±0.847
Low-fat milk and DP
Low	1.47±1.55	0.000	−1.52	−1.90 to −1.15
High	2.99±1.09
Full-cream milk and DP
Low	1.29±1.39	0.435	−0.150	−0.529 to 0.229
High	1.44±1.30
Low-fat PS
Low	2.63±0.994	0.548	0.0810	−0.185 to 0.347
High	2.55±0.902
High-fat PS
Low	1.93±1.12	0.186	−0.195	−0.485 to 0.095
High	2.13±0.925
Sweetened and oily foods
Low	2.37±0.766	0.142	0.157	−0.0540 to 0.367
High	2.21±0.721

*SD: standard deviation; **CI: confidence interval; DP: dairy products; PS: protein sources.