Table 5 Unadjusted and adjusted nutrition knowledge and attitude score
| Â | DESCRIPTIVE (baseline) | MODEL1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | Crude modela | Adjusted modelb | |||||
N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | Comparative statisticc | Comparative statisticc | 95% CI | ICC | |
Nutrition knowledge score (%) | ||||||||
Overall | 579 | 65.42 (15.99) | 462 | 65.30 (18.27) | 1.03 | 0.33 | −4.36, 5.02 | 0.047 |
Gender | ||||||||
 Boys | 234 | 63.96 (16.60) | 196 | 64.87 (18.72) | −2.32 | −2.54 | −8.42, 3.34 | 0.038 |
 Girls | 345 | 66.41 (15.50) | 266 | 65.62 (17.95) | 2.81 | 2.12 | −3.15, 7.38 | 0.056 |
Location | ||||||||
 Urban | 330 | 64.96 (15.96) | 337 | 64.86 (16.20) | 0.18 | 0.22 | −5.11, 5.57 |  < 0.000 |
 Rural | 249 | 66.04 (16.03) | 125 | 66.49 (22.97) | 3.16 | 0.21 | −8.33, 8.75 |  < 0.000 |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
 Malay | 486 | 67.28 (14.63) | 337 | 67.08 (17.78) | 1.03 | 1.05 | −3.65, 5.75 |  < 0.000 |
 Non-Malay | 93 | 55.69 (19.07) | 125 | 60.51 (18.77) | −1.01 | −1.76 | −10.39, 6.88 |  < 0.000 |
Nutrition attitude score (%) | ||||||||
Overall | 579 | 63.49 (9.11) | 462 | 62.87 (9.01) | 0.10 | 0.19 | −1.17, 1.56 | 0.006 |
Gender | ||||||||
 Boys | 234 | 64.93 (9.02) | 196 | 63.75 (9.03) | −0.22 | −0.01 | −2.13, 2.12 | 0.001 |
 Girls | 345 | 62.52 (9.04) | 266 | 62.22 (8.97) | 0.342 | 0.389 | −1.40, 2.18 | 0.008 |
Location | ||||||||
 Urban | 330 | 63.09 (9.69) | 337 | 62.80 (8.96) | 0.33 | 0.44 | −1.50, 2.39 | 0.010 |
 Rural | 249 | 64.03 (8.26) | 125 | 63.05 (9.18) | 0.11 | 0.19 | −2.34, 2.72 | 1.25 × 10–18 |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
 Malay | 486 | 63.60 (8.91) | 337 | 62.26 (8.70) | 0.55 | 0.55 | −0.96, 2.06 | 0.003 |
 Non-Malay | 93 | 62.91 (10.08) | 125 | 64.51 (9.66) | −1.46 | −1.37 | −5.08, 2.34 | 0.014 |