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Table 4 Frequencies between dietary intake and immigrant status classified according to language spoken at home (Language other than English or English only) (n = 138)

From: Dietary changes in migrant adolescents with increasing length of stay in Australia and associated risk of wheeze – a retrospective, cross sectional study

Vegetable intake

Language other than English (n = 88)

English only (n = 50)

P

0.5 serves/day

67 (76)

34 (48)

0.403

>0.5 serves/day

21 (24)

16 (32)

 

Dietary Pattern

   

 Traditional

27 (31)

2 (4)

<0.001

 Mixed

58 (66)

7 (14)

 

 Westernised

3 (3)

41 (82)

 
  1. Data presented as n(%)