Table 2.
Dietary intake of specific foods by sex and BMI among the sample of Mexican-American adults aged 18–97 years from the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort study (n 1250), Texas–Mexico border region, 2008–2011
| Sex | BMI | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n 403) | Female (n 847) | Underweight or normal weight (n 169) | Overweight (n 423) | Obese (n 655) | ||||||||
| Survey-weighted | Survey-weighted | |||||||||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Overall P | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Overall P | |
| Healthy Eating Index | 5·67 | 31·68 | 5·49 | 19·80 | 0·9575 | 6·03 | 26·82 | 5·50 | 24·35 | 5·50 | 23·49 | 0·1744 |
| Baked/grilled/broiled/steamed chicken or fish* | 0·69 | 8·55 | 0·63 | 5·40 | 0·1197 | 0·74 | 6·59 | 0·66 | 7·25 | 0·63 | 6·11 | 0·4681 |
| Beans | 0·56 | 6·82 | 0·48 | 4·33 | 0·3122 | 0·59 | 5·63 | 0·53 | 5·18 | 0·49 | 5·22 | 0·4616 |
| Eggs† | 0·88 | 9·98 | 0·59 | 5·89 | 0·0007 | 0·45 | 6·06 | 0·69 | 8·46 | 0·82 | 7·27 | 0·3780 |
| Fruit | 0·81 | 8·95 | 0·86 | 6·23 | 0·3049 | 0·77 | 6·56 | 0·82 | 7·13 | 0·86 | 7·45 | 0·0587 |
| Fruit juice | 0·44 | 8·11 | 0·33 | 4·07 | 0·1371 | 0·28 | 4·19 | 0·36 | 5·23 | 0·42 | 6·30 | 0·9076 |
| Orange vegetables | 0·21 | 4·39 | 0·27 | 3·77 | 0·1661 | 0·19 | 3·55 | 0·23 | 3·72 | 0·26 | 4·26 | 0·0920 |
| Other vegetables | 0·47 | 6·64 | 0·49 | 4·49 | 0·0929 | 0·50 | 5·74 | 0·46 | 5·50 | 0·50 | 5·01 | 0·0340 |
| Salad | 0·40 | 5·85 | 0·52 | 4·94 | 0·0364 | 0·56 | 6·09 | 0·43 | 4·42 | 0·48 | 5·53 | 0·4193 |
| Wholegrain breads | 1·90 | 17·65 | 1·56 | 10·70 | 0·0045 | 1·90 | 14·50 | 1·76 | 13·80 | 1·62 | 12·79 | 0·9246 |
| Wholegrain cereals | 0·22 | 4·93 | 0·37 | 4·35 | 0·0013 | 0·48 | 5·48 | 0·31 | 4·91 | 0·25 | 4·00 | 0·0281 |
| Unhealthy Eating Index | 5·97 | 33·39 | 3·88 | 18·45 | <0·0001 | 4·39 | 23·96 | 4·73 | 25·60 | 4·99 | 25·90 | 0·9806 |
| Baked goods | 0·61 | 9·38 | 0·55 | 6·24 | 0·8434 | 0·51 | 6·35 | 0·59 | 7·31 | 0·59 | 7·71 | 0·2303 |
| French fries/chips | 0·55 | 7·47 | 0·41 | 4·79 | 0·0047 | 0·54 | 6·26 | 0·43 | 5·61 | 0·49 | 5·82 | 0·6739 |
| Fried meat | 0·49 | 8·70 | 0·23 | 3·80 | <0·0001 | 0·27 | 4·81 | 0·34 | 6·51 | 0·37 | 5·79 | 0·6139 |
| Frozen desserts | 0·26 | 5·46 | 0·26 | 3·73 | 0·9167 | 0·19 | 3·41 | 0·27 | 4·63 | 0·27 | 4·40 | 0·0578 |
| Red and processed meats‡ | 1·16 | 11·93 | 0·74 | 6·79 | <0·0001 | 0·90 | 9·46 | 0·82 | 8·41 | 1·02 | 9·05 | 0·0140 |
| Non-chocolate candy | 0·26 | 6·93 | 0·14 | 3·16 | 0·6989 | 0·19 | 3·68 | 0·22 | 6·27 | 0·18 | 3·71 | 0·6600 |
| Regular sodas | 0·78 | 11·02 | 0·52 | 6·53 | <0·0001 | 0·62 | 8·59 | 0·62 | 8·48 | 0·65 | 8·13 | 0·5958 |
| Sweetened drinks/sports drinks | 0·47 | 9·39 | 0·21 | 3·79 | 0·0004 | 0·36 | 6·31 | 0·45 | 8·11 | 0·23 | 4·53 | 0·0035 |
| White breads | 1·39 | 14·67 | 0·82 | 7·50 | <0·0001 | 0·82 | 9·76 | 1·01 | 11·09 | 1·19 | 10·42 | 0·1327 |
*
Baked foods were collected differently in different versions of survey: BAKEGRILL (Versions 1 and 2); BAKEFISH and BAKEPOUL (Version 3 only).
†
Egg consumption data were captured only in Version 3.
‡
Hamburger meat/hot dogs/chorizo/meat/bacon/ribs.