Table 5.
Unadjusted and adjusted OR for food group intake among non-Puerto Rican (compared with Puerto Rican) Latinas
| Nutrient | OR (unadjusted) |
95% CI | OR (adjusted) |
95% CI† | Hosmer–Lemeshow statistic‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds of being a consumer | |||||
| Grains | |||||
| Tortillas | 22·11 | 8·13, 60·13* | 34·22 | 8·71, 134·46* | 0·53 |
| Breakfast cereals | 0·45 | 0·24, 0·82* | 0·42 | 0·20, 0·89* | 0·61 |
| Bread | 0·50 | 0·28, 0·89* | 0·49 | 0·24, 1·01** | 0·63 |
| Pasta | 0·51 | 0·27, 0·97* | 0·55 | 0·25, 1·22 | 0·59 |
| Crackers | 0·25 | 0·08, 0·73* | 0·24 | 0·06, 0·91* | 0·47 |
| Fruits | |||||
| Fruit (all fruits, no juices) | 2·79 | 1·56, 4·99* | 2·40 | 1·16, 4·97* | 0·62 |
| Vegetables | |||||
| All dark green and yellow vegetables | 4·82 | 2·61, 8·88* | 4·19 | 1·91, 9·21* | 0·86 |
| Dark green and yellow vegetables (raw, cooked or included in homemade recipes) |
4·80 | 2·42, 9·54* | 4·05 | 1 ·68, 9·79* | 0·39 |
| Dark green and yellow vegetables (from fast-food restaurants, processed or canned foods, etc.) |
0·50 | 0·14, 1·82 | 0·60 | 0·12, 3·05 | 0·47 |
| Other starchy vegetables (e.g. corn, immature lima beans, lentil sprouts, peas, etc). |
1·17 | 0·67, 205 | 1·51 | 0·75, 3·04 | 0·41 |
| Protein | |||||
| Poultry | 1·00 | 0·57, 1·75 | 0·71 | 0·35, 1·44 | 0·94 |
| Beans | 1·01 | 0·55, 1·86 | 1·46 | 0·69, 3·08 | 0·57 |
| Processed meat | 0·26 | 0·14, 0·49* | 0·22 | 0·11, 0·49* | 0·06 |
| Dairy | |||||
| Sweetened milk beverage powder (e.g. cocoa) | 2·27 | 0·97, 5·31** | 1·34 | 0·47, 3·87 | 0·61 |
| Cheese | 0·25 | 0·14, 0·45* | 0·27 | 0·13, 0·56* | 0·65 |
| Beverages | |||||
| Regular soft drinks | 0·30 | 0·16, 0·57* | 0·25 | 0·11, 0·55* | 0·10 |
| Sweetened fruit drinks | 0·41 | 0·23, 0·76* | 0·34 | 0·16, 0·72* | 0·97 |
| Beer and ale§ | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·83 |
| Miscellaneous | |||||
| Sugar | 2·05 | 1·18, 3·58* | 2·15 | 1 ·07, 4·33* | 0·14 |
| Sweet baked goods | 0·79 | 0·41, 1·50 | 0·44 | 0·20, 0·98* | 0·82 |
| Odds of falling in the highest serving intake tertile | |||||
| Fruits | |||||
| Fruit and fruit juices (100% citrus and non-citrus fruit juice) |
1·63 | 0·88, 3·04 | 2·17 | 0·97, 4·82** | 0·34 |
| All fruits (all combined, excluding fried fruit) | 1·73 | 0·94, 3·22** | 2·34 | 1 ·05, 5·23* | 0·44 |
| Vegetables | |||||
| Tomatoes | 2·07 | 1·13, 3·80* | 2·91 | 1·31, 6·47* | 0·09 |
| Other non-starchy vegetables (e.g. beets, cabbage, mung bean sprouts, summer squash, etc.) |
3·00 | 1·65, 5·45* | 3·69 | 1 ·70, 8·04* | 0·94 |
| Protein | |||||
| Meat (beef, lamb, veal, pork, organ meat) | 0·64 | 0·32, 1·26 | 0·93 | 0·40, 2·15 | 0·07 |
*
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.
§
Consumed only by Puerto Ricans.