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. 2017 Jul 7;21(1):172–180. doi: 10.1017/S136898001700115X

Table A1.

Quintiles of aHEI-2010 score
Q1 (n 162) Q2 (n 162) Q3 (n 163) Q4 (n 162) Q5 (n 162)
Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd
Dietary intake
Total energy intake (kJ/d) 10 732 4012 10 138 4632 9740 4682 8418 3782 8364 4163
Total energy intake (kcal/d) 2565 959 2423 1107 2328 1119 2012 904 1999 995
Protein intake (g/d) 107·0 50·2 108·0 65·1 107·0 59·7 101·0 60·2 112·0 66·7
Dietary fat intake (g/d) 108·0 51·8 104·0 56·7 94·9 56·7 85·8 51·0 87·2 54·8
Carbohydrate intake (g/d) 285 112 263 132 253 133 206 102 186 109
aHEI-2010 items
Fruit (servings/d) 0·21 0·41 0·51 1·20 0·46 0·96 0·44 0·99 0·85 1·47
Vegetables (servings/d) 0·59 1·25 0·49 0·91 0·77 1·06 0·70 1·12 0·66 1·39
Whole grains (g/d) 0·46 1·29 0·56 1·52 0·70 2·32 0·52 1·88 0·54 1·26
SSB and fruit juice (servings/d) 3·51 2·57 2·97 2·56 2·49 2·61 1·88 2·03 0·63 1·49
Nuts and legumes (servings/d) 0·01 0·07 0·05 0·27 0·09 0·26 0·10 0·45 1·50 9·26
Red/processed meat (servings/d) 0·59 1·72 2·34 3·22 3·65 4·12 6·35 4·07 8·02 3·08
Trans-fatty acids (%E) 0·014 0·014 0·010 0·009 0·009 0·012 0·008 0·009 0·006 0·006
LC n-3 fatty acids (EPA + DHA; mg/d) 0·05 0·18 0·16 0·58 0·23 0·66 0·33 0·97 1·03 2·60
PUFA (%E) 5·83 2·22 7·13 2·53 6·97 3·05 7·97 3·19 8·61 3·62
Sodium (mg/d) 4120 1988 3564 1694 3062 1713 2636 1617 2138 1364
Alcohol (drinks/d) 0·024 0·182 0·016 0·112 0·031 0·174 0·015 0·096 0·018 0·113

aHEI-2010, alternative Healthy Eating Index 2010; SSB, sugar-sweetened beverages; LC, long chain; %E, percentage of energy.