Table 5.

Healthy Eating Index (HEI) food group scores by ethnicity.

Food group	Ethnicity	Mean (SD)	CA-HA	CA-AA	AA-HA
Total fruit	CA	2.68 (1.70)
	HA	4.34 (1.25)	−1.57∗	−1.23∗	−0.34∗
	AA	3.91 (1.46)
Whole fruit	CA	2.71 (1.94)
	HA	4.20 (1.35)	−1.49∗	−0.93∗	−0.56∗
	AA	3.64 (1.63)
Total vegetable	CA	1.59 (1.40)
	HA	4.56 (0.89)	−2.97∗	−2.21∗	−0.76∗
	AA	3.64 (1.81)
Green vegetables	CA	3.44 (1.54)
	HA	3.54(1.60)	−0.94	1.25∗	−1.34∗
	AA	2.20 (1.50)
Total grains	CA	2.58 (1.04)
	HA	3.94 (1.18)	−1.35∗	−0.91∗	−0.44∗
	AA	3.49 (1.07)
Whole grains	CA	1.23 (1.50)
	HA	2.46 (1.59)	−1.23∗	−0.44∗	−0.79∗
	AA	1.66 (1.21)
Milk	CA	5.51 (2.69)
	HA	4.14 (3.03)	1.36∗	1.13∗	0.45
	AA	4.19 (2.72)
Meat/beans	CA	5.17 (1.67)
	HA	5.64 (1.39)	−0.47∗	−0.59∗	0.12
	AA	5.76 (1.29)
Oils	CA	4.80 (1.48)
	HA	5.64 (1.39)	−1.46	−1.90∗	0.44
	AA	5.76 (1.29)
Saturated fat	CA	5.54 (2.80)
	HA	8.26 (2.06)	−2.72∗	−0.83∗	−1.89∗
	AA	6.37 (2.51)
Sodium	CA	7.85 (1.57)
	HA	5.74 (3.11)	2.11∗	3.85∗	−1.73∗
	AA	4.00 (3.06)
SoFAAS	CA	10.3 (4.69)
	HA	13.4 (6.78)	−3.06∗	−0.20	−2.86∗
	AA	10.6 (6.85)

Ab br ev ia ti on s. CA: Cuban American; HA: Haitian American; CA: Cuban American; SoFAAS: energy from solid fats, alcohol, and added sugars.

Note. An asterisk^∗ denotes a significant difference at P < 0.05.