Table 3.

Consumption of food groups (g/d) and proportion of children meeting the CFG recommendations by quartiles of diet quality index score

	Lowest quartile* (n 304)		2nd quartile* (n 304)		3rd quartile* (n 304)		Highest quartile* (n 303)
Food group	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	P value
Vegetables and fruit	378	177	475	177	494	168	505	167	<0·001†
Milk and alternatives	275	202	381	178	390	188	449	174	<0·001†
Meat and alternatives	92	50	109	47	115	45	126	55	<0·001†
Grain products	118	65	134	55	153	72	164	56	<0·001†
Candy and snacks	82	60	72	43	59	34	45	32	<0·001†
Sugar-sweetened beverages	193	186	148	161	61	58	17	22	<0·001†

^*DQI-C score quartile cut points: Lowest quartile < 3·27, 2nd quartile > 3·27 < 3·68, 3rd quartile > 3·68 < 4·17, Highest quartile > 4·17.

^†P value from linear regression model of food group (g/d) as the outcome variable and diet quality score in quartiles as the independent variable.

^‡P value from Chi squared test for difference between categories.