How is household food insecurity and maternal nutritional status associated in a resource-poor setting in Ghana?

Table 4 Food consumption score stratified by household food insecurity status (N = 422)

Food type	N	Mean	SD	95 % confidence interval for mean		Test statistic
Food type	N	Mean	SD	Lower bound	Upper bound	Test statistic
Cereal consumption score
Food secure	224	7.53	4.03	6.10	8.06	F(1, 421) = 0.22, p = 0.6
Food insecure	198	7.71	3.90	7.16	8.25
Total	422	7.61	3.96	7.23	7.99
Roots and tubers consumption
Food secure	224	8.52	4.24	7.96	9.08	F(1, 421) = 8.9, p = 0.003
Food insecure	198	9.79	4.50	9.16	10.42
Total	422	9.11	4.40	8.69	9.54
Milk consumption score
Food secure	224	10.13	8.92	8.95	11.30	F(1, 421) = 9.7, p = 0.002
Food insecure	198	7.49	8.37	6.32	8.67
Total	422	8.89	8.75	8.05	9.73
Pulse consumption score
Food secure	224	7.55	5.81	6.79	8.32	F(1, 421) = 6.4, p = 0.01
Food insecure	198	6.24	4.71	5.58	6.90
Total	422	6.94	5.35	6.43	7.45
Vegetable consumption score
Food secure	224	5.99	1.79	5.76	6.23	F(1, 421) = 6.0, p = 0.02
Food insecure	198	6.39	1.52	6.18	6.60
Total	422	6.18	1.68	6.02	6.34
Meat and fish consumption
Food secure	224	21.02	9.25	19.80	22.24	F(1, 421) = 5.6, p = 0.019
Food insecure	198	23.03	8.16	21.89	24.17
Total	422	21.96	8.80	21.12	22.80
Sugar consumption score
Food secure	224	2.31	1.08	2.17	2.45	F(1, 421) = 22.6, p < 0.001
Food insecure	198	1.79	1.16	1.63	1.95
Total	422	2.07	1.15	1.96	2.18
Oil consumption score
Food secure	224	2.28	0.88	2.17	2.40	F(1, 421) = 4.2, p = 0.04
Food insecure	198	2.10	0.96	1.96	2.23
Total	422	2.20	0.92	2.11	2.29
Over all food consumption score
Food secure	224	82.47	15.64	80.41	84.53	F(1, 421) = 25.3, p < 0.001
Food insecure	198	75.05	14.52	73.01	77.08
Total	422	78.99	15.56	77.50	80.48

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