Table 5.

The relationship between fruit intake, sagittal abdominal diameter, and waist circumference within key subgroups.

Exposure variable: fruit intake	Sagittal abdominal diameter (cm)
	Regression Coefficient	SE	F	p
Gender
Boys only	−0.23	0.10	5.3	0.0253
Girls only	−0.16	0.14	1.3	0.2616
Race and ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White only	−0.23	0.13	3.2	0.0804
Non-Hispanic Black only	−0.06	0.16	0.1	0.7129
Mexican American only	−0.34	0.22	2.3	0.1342
Non-White only	−0.18	0.08	4.8	0.0342
Non-Black only	−0.21	0.09	5.3	0.0259
Non-Mexican American only	−0.19	0.08	5.6	0.0226
Computer use
0–2 h per day only	−0.22	0.08	7.1	0.0106
≥ 3 h per day only	−0.10	0.22	0.2	0.6612
Physical activity
0–3 days per week only	−0.09	0.33	0.1	0.7934
4–7 days per week only	−0.21	0.09	5.6	0.0219
Waist circumference (cm)
Gender
Boys only	−0.84	0.48	3.1	0.0845
Girls only	−0.93	0.55	2.9	0.0967
Race and ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White only	−1.02	0.55	3.5	0.0681
Non-Hispanic Black only	−0.25	0.72	0.1	0.7335
Mexican American only	−1.16	0.92	1.6	0.2165
Non-White only	−0.77	0.34	5.0	0.0303
Non-Black only	−0.94	0.41	5.2	0.0269
Non-Mexican American only	−0.89	0.36	6.0	0.0179
Computer use
0–2 h per day only	−1.03	0.37	7.6	0.0085
≥ 3 h per day only	−0.21	1.06	0.0	0.8453
Physical activity
0–3 days per week only	−0.66	1.47	0.2	0.6544
4–7 days per week only	−0.88	0.38	5.3	0.0256

Because the distribution of fruit intake was skewed, the log10 of fruit intake was used. Non-Mexican Am., Non-Mexican American. Table values included person-level weighted adjustments based on the sampling methods of NHANES, so values represented those of the U.S. population of children, 8–11 years old.