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Table 3 Comparison of self-reported and external dietary pattern of the survey participants in n (%); n = 2054

From: Dietary supplement use among lactating mothers following different dietary patterns – an online survey

dietary pattern

self reported

external classification

p-value (test statistic, df)

Omnivor

1195 (58.18)

1240 (60.37)

< 0.001 (-4.85, 2043)

Vegetarian

436 (21.23)

410 (19.96)

0.022 (2.30, 2053)

Vegan

423 (20.59)

404 (19.67)

0.030 (2.17, 2053)

  1. Significance was calculated with paired t-test