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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2023 Jul 9;65(6):1069–1077. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.07.003

Table 3.

Crude and Adjusted Odds Ratios of the Association Between Menu Calorie Label Use and Healthy Eating Index 2015 Scores

Outcomes Did not notice
labels (ref)
Noticed labels Used labels
Unadjusted
mean (SD)
Crude difference
(95% CI)
Adjusteda
difference
(95% CI)
Crude difference
(95% CI)
Adjusteda
difference
(95% CI)
Total HEI-2015 51.2 (49.8, 52.7) −0.3 (−2.5, 2.0) 0.6 (−1.4, 2.6) 4.7 (2.6, 6.7)b 4.0 (2.2, 5.8)b
 Total fruits 41.4 (37.4, 45.4) 0.4 (−5.8, 6.6) 3.0 (−2.4, 8.4) 4.7 (−1.5, 11.0) 4.3 (−1.0, 9.5)
 Whole fruits 44.1 (39.1, 49.0) 4.2 (−2.1, 10.5) 7.3 (1.9, 12.6)b 9.2 (1.3, 17.1)b 7.6 (0.4, 14.8)b
 Total veg 62.5 (59.7, 65.4) −3.7 (−8.6, 1.1) −3.3 (−8.3, 1.8) 9.8 (5.2, 14.4)b 7.1 (2.5, 11.8)b
 Greens/beans 37.9 (32.5, 43.3) −5.5 (−14.1, 3.2) −5.4 (−13.9, 3.2) 15.1 (7.6, 22.6)b 11.7 (4.1, 19.3)b
 Whole grains 26.6 (23.1, 30.1) −1.4 (−4.6, 1.7) 0.3 (−3.4, 3.9) 5.5 (−0.0, 11.0) 4.4 (−0.6, 9.4)
 Dairy 49.1 (46.2, 52.1) 2.3 (−1.6, 6.3) 0.8 (−3.2, 4.8) 2.1 (−1.8, 6.0) 0.5 (−3.4, 4.3)
 Total protein 89.7 (87.9, 91.6) 0.4 (−1.6, 2.3) 0.6 (−1.0, 2.2) 2.8 (−0.1, 5.6) 2.9 (0.1, 5.7)b
 Seafood/plant
proteins
54.1 (49.5, 58.7) 1.4 (−4.3, 7.2) 2.2 (−3.7, 8.1) 11.3 (6.7, 15.8)b 8.6 (3.4, 13.8)b
 Fatty acids 46.1 (43.1, 49.2) 0.8 (−4.4, 6.1) 1.1 (−3.8, 6.1) 5.2 (1.6, 8.7)b 4.2 (−0.1, 8.5)
 Refined grains 61.3 (56.7, 66.0) −1.6 (−7.5, 4.3) -0.1 (−6.8, 6.5) 4.2 (−2.9, 11.3) 5.2 (−2.4, 12.9)
 Sodium 42.7 (39.7, 45.7) 0.5 (−3.3, 4.3) 3.8 (0.2, 7.4)b −6.3 (−11.3, −1.2)b −2.6 (−7.6, 2.3)
 Added sugars 69.2 (66.3, 72.0) −1.7 (−5.0, 1.7) −2.6 (−5.6, 0.5) 8.0 (2.4, 13.7)b 5.1 (−0.2, 10.5)
 Saturated fats 52.6 (48.4, 56.7) −0.2 (−6.0, 5.6) 0.4 (−4.8, 5.6) 1.5 (−4.4, 7.4) 1.8 (−3.9, 7.5)
a

Adjusted for age, sex, education, family income level, total diet-related comorbidities, weight goals, weight status, meals away from home, smoking, and recreational physical activity.

b

indicates 95% CIs that do not contain the null value.

HEI-2015, Health Eating Index 2015