Table 2.
Percent meeting recommendations for the Total Healthy Eating Index-2005 Score and Healthy Eating Index-2005 component foods among participants in a study to evaluate diet quality of rural older adults, by ethnicitya.
| HEI Category (recommendation) | Total | African American | American Indian | Non-Hispanic Whites | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ←% meeting recommendation→ | |||||
| Total Score (≥80) | 1.62 | 2.42 | 1.48 | 1.18 | 0.61 |
| Total Fruit(≥0.8 cup eq/1000 kcal) | 16.99 | 29.41 | 15.94 | 9.80 | 0.006 |
| Whole Fruit (≥0.4 cup eq/1000 kcal) | 32.45 | 42.06 | 32.67 | 23.94 | 0.07 |
| Total Vegetable (≥1.1 cup eq/1000 kcal) | 21.10 | 26.94 | 17.15 | 20.02 | 0.12 |
| Dark Green and Orange Vegetables and Legumes (≥0.4 cup eq/1000 kcal) | 41.06 | 52.69 | 28.65 | 43.01 | <0.001 |
| Total Grains (≥3.0 oz/1000 kcal) | 27.89 | 29.47 | 24.78 | 29.60 | 0.60 |
| Whole Grains (≥1.5 oz/1000 kcal) | 16.73 | 18.33 | 23.89 | 10.33 | 0.02 |
| Milk (≥1.3 cup eq/1000 kcal) | 2.97 | 1.93 | 1.68 | 7.76 | 0.02 |
| Meat and Beans(≥2.5 oz eq/1000 kcal) | 36.22 | 46.37 | 34.94 | 28.29 | 0.005 |
| Oils (≥12 g eq/1000 kcal) | 4.27 | 5.30 | 1.35 | 10.38 | 0.002 |
| Saturated Fat (≤7 % of kcal) | 1.14 | 1.69 | 1.38 | 0.64 | 0.57 |
| Sodium (≤700 mg/1000 kcal) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | __ |
| Calories from Solid Fat, Alcohol, and Added Sugar (≤20% of kcal) | 56.12 | 67.53 | 41.72 | 58.39 | 0.003 |
a
Adjusted for age, gender, marital status, education, and poverty status.