Table 3.
Association between site and acculturation level with FGP awareness and knowledge among Latinas in the US
| Outcome variables | n | OR | 95% Confidence interval |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||
| What is FGP | ||||
| CT&CA low | 110 | 1.276 | .418 | 3.899 |
| CT&CA high | 84 | 3.125 | .788 | 12.387 |
| TX low | 112 | 2.031 | .621 | 6.647 |
| TX high | 37 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Fruits | ||||
| CT&CA low | 105 | 1.469 | .652 | 3.310 |
| CT&CA high | 83 | 3.410 | 1.344 | 8.657 |
| TX low | 113 | 2.676 | 1.154 | 6.202 |
| TX high | 37 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Vegetables | ||||
| CT&CA low | 105 | 1.104 | .517 | 2.359 |
| CT&CA high | 83 | 1.501 | .680 | 3.311 |
| TX low | 113 | 1.571 | .736 | 3.354 |
| TX high | 36 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Grains & cereals | ||||
| CT&CA low | 105 | .500 | .133 | 1.881 |
| CT&CA high | 83 | 2.794 | .885 | 8.822 |
| TX low | 112 | 2.132 | .686 | 6.629 |
| TX high | 37 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Dairy | ||||
| CT&CA low | 107 | .946 | .444 | 2.016 |
| CT&CA high | 84 | 1.789 | .807 | 3.967 |
| TX low | 113 | .944 | .445 | 2.000 |
| TX high | 36 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Meat & alternates | ||||
| CT&CA low | 108 | 1.454 | .682 | 3.098 |
| CT&CA high | 84 | 1.161 | .532 | 2.534 |
| TX low | 113 | 1.227 | .581 | 2.594 |
| TX high | 37 | 1.000 | – | – |
| FGP scorea | ||||
| CT&CA low | 101 | 1.795 | .776 | 4.154 |
| CT&CA high | 82 | 4.056 | 1.523 | 10.802 |
| TX low | 111 | 1.556 | .687 | 3.523 |
| TX high | 36 | 1.000 | – | – |
Backward stepwise multivariate logistic regression, covariates included in all models: age, family size, monthly food expenditure
a
Food Guide Pyramid knowledge score based on whether the respondents: (a) could correctly recognize the Food Guide Pyramid and (b) knew the Food Guide Pyramid recommended daily servings of different food groups