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Microbial Quality of Home Prepared Complementary Foods in Slum Households with Children of Age 6-24 Months in Addis Ababa: A Community Based Cross-sectional Study
Open Journal of Food and Nutrition
| Vol 1, Issue 1
Table 4. Median andinterquartile range of measured microbial parameters from samples of differentfood types (n=91).
| Measured microbial parameters | Statistics | Types of food samples (n) | |||||
| Milk(14) | Cereal based foods (37) | Enjera with shiro/ firfir (11) | Vegetables/ tubers(8) | Mixed foods(17) | Egg and meat (4) | ||
| Log APC | Median | 5.95 | 6.11 | 5.52 | 4.88 | 5.47 | 5.91 |
| IQR | 2.82 | 1.91 | 6.45 | 5.37 | 1.48 | 2.15 | |
| Log S.aureus | Median | 4.00 | 4.60 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.77 | 2.23 |
| IQR | 5.45 | 5.63 | 4.78 | 5.36 | 5.69 | 4.92 | |
| Log total coliform | Median | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IQR | 4.19 | 4.88 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.96 | 0 | |
| Log Yeast | Median | 5.61 | 5.43 | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.50 | 4.75 |
| IQR | 2.13 | 3.13 | 6.05 | 3.99 | 1.82 | 6.02 | |
| Log Molds | Median | 0 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 4.51 | 4.30 | 2.45 |
| IQR | 4.35 | 4.73 | 4.60 | 3.88 | 4.65 | 5.45 | |