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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Jul;109(7):1194–1203. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.04.004

Table 3.

Adjusted percentages of LERs (n=220) and non-LERs (n=220) who report consuming a food group as a small, medium or large portion size; presented by sex on the food frequency questionnaire. The Observing Protein and Energy Nutrition (OPEN) Study.

Women Men
LERs (n=100) Non-LERs (n=102) LERs (n=120) Non-LERs (n=118)
Food groups a Small (%) Medium (%) Large (%) Small (%) Medium (%) Large (%) Small (%) Medium (%) Large (%) Small (%) Medium (%) Large (%)
Yeast Bread 14.3 84.7 1.0 13.1 85.8 1.1 4.6 92.4 3.0 1.6 90.0 8.4
Crackers 19.7 77.0 3.3 10.5 82.8 6.7 14.6 75.2 10.2 13.2 75.5 11.3
Muffins/Biscuits 9.3 88.5 2.2 3.1 90.1 6.8 7.8 83.5 8.7 6.7 83.2 10.1
Pancakes/waffles/French toast b 93.6 6.4 82.7 17.3 81.4 18.6 67.3 32.7
Cooked cereal b, c 30.4 69.6 19.7 80.3 10.4 89.6 18.9 81.1
Ready-to-eat cereal 28.9 70.5 0.6 17.6 81.2 1.2 16.4 81.6 2.0 9.6 86.8 3.6
Rice, other cooked grains/mixtures 13.7 81.2 5.1 6.4 82.6 11.0 8.2 85.7 6.1 3.8 83.5 12.7
Pasta/pasta mixture 16.1 80.6 3.3 4.0 82.5 13.5 * 7.1 83.3 9.6 1.9 68.8 29.3 *
Pizza 6.4 84.8 8.8 3.0 79.3 17.7 1.4 65.3 33.3 1.0 57.3 41.7
Doughnuts/sweetrolls 18.0 80.9 1.1 6.8 90.0 3.2 8.4 89.0 2.6 4.0 90.6 5.4
Cookies/brownies 19.7 70.2 10.1 12.1 71.3 16.6 12.9 66.5 20.6 7.6 60.6 31.8
Cake/pie 26.1 69.2 4.7 17.0 75.1 7.9 13.0 76.0 11.0 7.0 73.3 19.7
Chips/popcorn/pretzels 28.6 69.4 2.0 14.0 81.2 4.8 21.9 73.6 4.5 12.8 78.9 8.3
Fruits juice 30.8 63.7 5.5 21.9 69.6 8.5 23.4 66.2 10.4 18.9 67.9 13.2
Fruit 4.2 91.6 4.2 4.7 91.6 3.7 3.2 92.6 4.2 3.1 92.5 4.4
White Potatoes 20.5 77.1 2.4 4.9 84.1 11.0 * 4.8 82.5 12.7 2.4 74.9 22.7
Green Salad 2.3 65.9 31.8 1.7 59.8 38.5 3.2 73.9 22.9 2.5 70.0 27.5
Other vegetables 3.6 89.8 6.6 1.4 82.5 16.1 7.1 87.8 5.1 2.9 85.1 12.0
Milk on cereal b 20.2 79.8 24.7 75.3 26.0 74.0 20.3 79.7
Milk in coffee or tea 22.5 70.0 7.5 15.5 73.0 11.5 22.7 68.1 9.2 11.3 69.8 18.9
Milk as beverage c 39.4 58.1 2.5 20.5 73.5 6.0 25.4 65.3 9.3 24.2 65.9 9.9
Cheese c 16.5 70.3 13.2 6.1 62.5 31.4 * 8.1 60.0 31.9 7.5 58.7 33.8
Yogurt 13.1 86.9 0 12.4 87.6 0 11.2 87.0 1.8 6.6 90.2 3.2
Meat/fish/poultry 9.1 90.0 0.9 2.0 93.9 4.1 1.8 84.6 13.6 1.1 78.5 20.4
Eggs/excluding mixtures 51.4 47.6 1.0 31.7 66.1 2.2 20.5 71.9 7.6 17.7 73.3 9.0
Meat/fish/poultry/egg sandwich/mixtures 11.3 87.5 1.2 2.3 91.4 6.3 * 6.9 87.4 5.7 1.7 78.3 20.0 *
Beer 54.1 45.3 0.6 32.1 66.3 1.6 17.8 75.2 7.0 16.2 76.0 7.8
Wine 50.0 47.6 2.4 28.2 65.9 5.9 33.8 62.3 3.9 26.5 68.1 5.4
Liquor 61.5 37.3 1.2 41.4 55.9 2.7 32.1 63.4 4.5 29.6 65.3 5.1
Soft drinks, regular 37.2 61.5 1.3 38.2 60.5 1.3 27.6 69.9 2.5 14.4 80.1 5.5
Soft drinks, diet 34.3 62.1 3.6 25.4 69.2 5.4 18.4 77.1 4.5 16.6 78.3 5.1
Candy 27.7 67.1 5.2 22.7 70.7 6.6 19.5 72.5 8.0 13.2 74.6 12.2
Sweets, spread/syrups b 13.9 86.1 13.4 86.6 7.1 92.9 5.0 95.0
Fat-type spreads 24.5 73.6 1.9 22.9 75.0 2.1 30.3 68.7 1.0 15.7 82.0 2.3 *
Cream/creamer, not whipped 31.7 63.5 4.8 30.4 64.5 5.1 27.4 66.1 6.5 21.3 69.8 8.9
Cream/creamer, liquid b 28.1 71.9 8.4 91.6 42.1 57.9 34.6 65.4
Dressing, not mayo-type 39.7 56.9 3.4 33.6 62.1 4.3 30.9 63.0 6.1 26.8 65.8 7.4
Mayo-type dressing 2.9 95.4 1.7 1.4 95.1 3.5 6.9 92.8 0.3 0.6 95.9 3.5
Soups 11.6 86.0 2.4 3.3 88.1 8.6 * 2.2 86.4 11.4 1.2 79.1 19.7
Nuts/seeds 23.2 68.5 8.3 11.2 71.0 17.8 * 19.6 67.8 12.6 9.5 65.4 25.1 *
Frozen dairy dessert 5.8 85.2 9.0 4.3 83.7 12.0 5.9 79.2 14.9 2.5 67.1 30.4 *
Condiments 16.3 82.1 1.6 8.0 88.6 3.4 11.4 84.1 4.5 5.7 85.3 9.0
*

p <0.01, LER compared to Non-LER by ordinal logistic regression adjusted for total energy intake (estimated by doubly labeled water).

a

Data is not presented for the food group of coffee/tea. The food frequency questionnaire did not ask about consumption of different portions sizes for these beverages.

b

Food groups that did not meet the proportional odds assumption (p<0.05). In these cases, logistic regression was used to estimate the probability of reporting a larger serving size among LERs compared to non-LERs by sex, and adjusted for total energy intake (estimated by doubly labeled water). Either the small and medium or the medium and large categories were collapsed, as shown.

c

Significant interaction between LER status and sex.