Table 5.

Evaluation of healthy eating index (HEI-SG) by age group of mothers and children (n = 486)

Component	Mother cohort		p	Child cohort		p
	18–29 year (n = 107)	30–49 year (n = 379)		6–11 month (n = 209)	12–24 month (n = 277)
	Median (IQR)			Median (IQR)
Rice and alternatives	95.5	89.9	0.043	98.1	72.3	< 0.001
	(78.9–100)	(76–100)		(72.8–100)	(53.3–90.6)
Whole grains	14.9	24.9	0.274	1.7	12.8	0.007
	(4.6–56)	(7–54.4)		(0–41.0)	(0–66.2)
Meat and alternatives	100	100	0.732	64.3	100	< 0.001
	(100–100)	(100–100)		(38.1–95.8)	(69.0–100)
Dairy and alternatives	63.4	67.9	0.513	69.4	71.7	0.078
	(30–100)	(35.1–100)		(58.6–79.6)	(59.2–87.7)
Vegetables	56.9	63.1	0.030	75.3	100	0.003
	(36.5–75.6)	(42.8–86.9)		(46.3–100)	(60.1–100)
Fruit	51.1	67.5	0.003	51.0	74.3	< 0.001
	(28.1–83.1)	(40.4–100)		(28.4–83.8)	(39.8–100)
Sodium	0	0	0.174	100	100	< 0.001
	(0.0–0.0)	(0.0–0.0)		(0–100)	(100–100)
Total fat	50.7	43.8	0.300	100	100	< 0.001
	(13.1–86.1)	(16.0–75.1)		(76.8–100)	(0–100)
Saturated fat	72.4	71.4	0.381	0	0	0.578
	(59.1–87.7)	(59.1–82.3)		(0–38.1)	(0–38.4)
Added sugar	49.7	42.8	0.915	97.7	96.4	< 0.001
	(0.0–87.3)	(0.0–93.3)		(95.2–99.3)	(89.3–99.0)
Overall (total)	55.0	57.6	0.326	61.0	66.2	< 0.001
	(48.7–65.5)	(48.7–66.2)		(52.9–70.2)	(59.7–72.9)