Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 4 Fruit Intake (Number/Week) in Relatively Good and Bad Disease State Compared to Healthy Controls

From: Diet and behavioral habits related to oral health in eating disorder patients: a matched case-control study

	Relatively good (n = 54)		Bad (n = 54)		Control (n = 54)
No. of fruit intake/week	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	P	P₁	P₂	P₃
Apples	6.6 ± 8.6	0–39	6.6 ± 13.0	0–70	3.2 ± 4.7	0–28	0.07*	0.006	NS	NS
Pears	2.3 ± 4.2	0–18	2.9 ± 8.0	0–49	0.9 ± 1.7	0–7	NS	NS	NS	NS
Citrus fruits	4.4 ± 6.6	0–28	3.8 ± 8.8	0–53	2.1 ± 4.3	0–21	NS	NS	NS	NS
Bananas	4.4 ± 9.4	0–64	3.1 ± 5.7	0–28	3.6 ± 4.4	0–25	0.04	NS	NS	NS

P refers to differences between the three groups by Friedman test. P₁ refers to difference between relatively good vs. control; P₂ bad vs. control; P₃ relatively good vs. bad (Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test)
*Tendency for significance

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