Table 4.
Association between site and birth place with FGP awareness and knowledge among Latinas in the US
| Outcome variables | n | OR | 95% Confidence interval |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||
| What is FGP | ||||
| CT&CA US | 71 | 1.117 | .324 | 3.847 |
| CT&CA other places | 132 | .667 | .263 | 1.689 |
| TX US | 27 | .293 | .088 | .980 |
| TX other places | 128 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Fruits | ||||
| CT&CA US | 70 | 2.438 | .946 | 6.286 |
| CT&CA other places | 127 | .679 | .373 | 1.233 |
| TX US | 27 | .543 | .213 | 1.386 |
| TX other places | 129 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Vegetables | ||||
| CT&CA US | 70 | 1.204 | .655 | 2.214 |
| CT&CA other places | 127 | .771 | .468 | 1.272 |
| TX US | 27 | 1.068 | .452 | 2.521 |
| TX other places | 127 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Grains & cereals | ||||
| CT&CA US | 70 | 1.764 | .866 | 3.593 |
| CT&CA other places | 127 | .389 | .171 | .885 |
| TX US | 27 | 1.158 | .394 | 3.403 |
| TX other places | 128 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Dairy | ||||
| CT&CA US | 71 | 1.527 | .843 | 2.768 |
| CT&CA other places | 129 | 1.150 | .703 | 1.881 |
| TX US | 27 | .950 | .414 | 2.181 |
| TX other places | 128 | 1.000 | – | – |
| Meat & alternates | ||||
| CT&CA US | 71 | .679 | .378 | 1.221 |
| CT&CA other places | 130 | 1.204 | .728 | 1.990 |
| TX US | 27 | .510 | .218 | 1.192 |
| TX other places | 129 | 1.000 | – | – |
| FGP scorea | ||||
| CT&CA US | 70 | 2.719 | 1.123 | 6.584 |
| CT&CA other places | 122 | 1.234 | .670 | 2.270 |
| TX US | 27 | .514 | .212 | 1.244 |
| TX other places | 125 | 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