Nutrition recommendation (correct responses) | Whole sample | International students | Home-country students | Χ² | P value | Ghana | Χ² | P value | India | Χ² | P value | Montenegro | Χ² | P value | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||||||
Infants 0–6 months | 78 | 41.1 | 28 | 25.5 | 50 | 62.5 | 26.349 | 0.001 | 32 | 80.0 | 36.792 | <0.001 | 10 | 50.0 | 5.947 | 0.051 | 8 | 40.0 | 1.917 | 0.383 |
Pregnancy | 68 | 35.8 | 30 | 27.3 | 38 | 47.5 | 9.793 | 0.007 | 23 | 57.5 | 13.619 | 0.001 | 6 | 30.0 | 0.071 | 0.965 | 9 | 45.0 | 3.360 | 0.186 |
Lactating mothers | 41 | 21.6 | 19 | 17.2 | 22 | 27.5 | 9.112 | 0.011 | 11 | 27.5 | 12.731 | 0.002 | 7 | 35.0 | 3.573 | 0.168 | 4 | 20.0 | 1.828 | 0.401 |
Diabetics | 75 | 39.7 | 31 | 27.9 | 44 | 55.0 | 13.619 | 0.001 | 23 | 57.5 | 12.856 | 0.002 | 9 | 45.0 | 3.480 | 0.176 | 12 | 60.0 | 5.854 | 0.016 |
Hypertensives | 77 | 40.5 | 33 | 29.7 | 44 | 55.0 | 12.022 | 0.002 | 29 | 72.5 | 23.253 | <0.001 | 7 | 35.0 | 1.606 | 0.446 | 8 | 40.0 | 0.827 | 0.661 |
Overweight/obese | 80 | 42.1 | 37 | 33.3 | 43 | 53.8 | 8.896 | 0.012 | 24 | 60.0 | 11.716 | 0.003 | 8 | 40.0 | 1.655 | 0.437 | 11 | 55.0 | 4.029 | 0.133 |
Undernutrition | 25 | 13.2 | 9 | 8.11 | 16 | 20.0 | 7.670 | 0.022 | 10 | 25.0 | 20.522 | <0.001 | 3 | 15.0 | 3.827 | 0.148 | 3 | 15.0 | 1.006 | 0.605 |
Bold values indicate significantly different compared to the international students' group at P <0.05.