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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2011 Jun 23;15(2):341–351. doi: 10.1017/S136898001100108X

Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted OR for suboptimal energy-adjusted nutrient intake among non-Puerto Rican (compared with Puerto Rican) Latinas

Nutrient OR (unadjusted) 95% CI OR (adjusted) 95% CI Hosmer–Lemeshow
statistic
Odds of falling in the highest intake tertile
Macronutrients
    Carbohydrates (g) 2·55 1·43, 4·52* 2·79 1 ·37, 5·70* 0·58
    Fat (g) 0·42 0·22, 0·79* 0·37 0·17, 0·79* 0·55
Fatty acids
    SFA (g) 0·33 0·17, 0·64* 0·24 0·11, 0·53* 0·70
    MUFA (g) 0·38 0·20, 0·72* 0·38 0·18, 0·82* 0·85
    Trans fatty acids (g) 0·34 0·17, 0·65* 0·21 0·09, 0·47* 0·16
Minerals
    Na (g) 0·67 0·37, 1·22 1·14 0·54, 2·40 0·72
Simple and complex sugars
    Glucose (g) 0·76 0·42, 1·37 0·94 0·45, 1·94 0·94
    Maltose (g) 0·91 0·50, 1·63 0·69 0·33, 1·43 0·77
    Starch (g) 2·68 1·51, 4·76* 3·40 1·61, 7·16* 0·79
Other nutrients
    Caffeine (µg) 0·75 0·37, 1·52 0·73 0·31, 1·76 0·14
Odds of falling in the lowest intake tertile
Macronutrients
    Vegetable protein (g) 0·26 0·13, 0·52* 0·21 0·09, 0·47* 0·31
Fibre
    Total fibre (g) 0·10 0·04, 0·25* 0·09 0·03, 0·25* 0·59
    Insoluble fibre (g) 0·14 0·06, 0·32* 0·11 0·04, 0·28* 0·09
    Soluble fibre (g) 0·29 0·15, 0·57* 0·31 0·14, 0·68* 0·71
Fat-soluble vitamins
    Vitamin K (µg) 0·67 0·37, 1·22 0·73 0·35, 1·50 0·96
Water-soluble vitamins
    Total folate (µg) 0·37 0·19, 0·70* 0·32 0·15, 0·71* 0·75
    Dietary folate (µg) 0·20 0·10, 0·43* 0·22 0·09, 0.51* 0·87
    Pantothenic acid (µg) 0·47 0·25, 0·87* 0·48 0·23, 1·02** 0·36
    Riboflavin (mg) 0·67 0·37, 1·22 0·93 0·45, 1·93 0·13
    Vitamin B12 (µg) 2·34 1·32, 4·15* 2·80 1·34, 5·86* 0·23
Minerals
    Cu (µg) 5·84 2·72, 12·53* 5·37 2·21, 13·04* 0·95
    Mg (mg) 0·15 0·07, 0·33* 0·19 0·08, 0·46* 0·97
    Mn (mg) 0·33 0·17, 0·64* 0·24 0·11, 0·54* 0·36
    P (mg) 0·57 0·31, 1·05** 0·91 0·43, 1·92 0·81
    K (g) 0·30 0·15, 0·59* 0·34 0·15, 0·77* 0·48
Carotenoids
    β-Carotene (µg) 0·23 0·11, 0·46* 0·39 0·17, 0·88* 0·04
    Lutein and zeaxanthin (µg) 0·45 0·24, 0·85* 0·49 0·23, 1·03** 0·87
Other nutrients
    Water (l) 0·33 0·17, 0·64* 0·28 0·13, 0·62* 0·26
*

P≤0·05;

**

P≤0·10.

Adjusted for education, marital status, enrolment in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children and in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, maternal age, pregnancy trimester at enrolment, number of people in the house.

The Hosmer–Lemeshow statistic was used to evaluate the fit of the multivariate logistic regression models.