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Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Apr;17(2):441–449. doi: 10.1007/s10903-014-0107-7

Table 4.

OLS regression models predicting the Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010), NHANES 1999/00-2009/10

	Hispanic		NH-White		NH-Black		Other
Panel A. Children Aged 5–19
Food Similarity Index	−0.09	^***	−0.11	^***	−0.09	^***	−0.12	^***
Generational Status (Ref = U.S. born with U.S.-born Householder)
Foreign-born, 0–4 years in U.S.	2.19	^*	5.96	^**	4.63	^**	1.40
Foreign-born, 5+ years in U.S.	2.56	^***	1.24	^a	0.84	^a	−0.25
U.S.-born, Foreign-born householder	2.27	^***	1.48^a		3.91	^**	1.37
Intercept	38.14	^***	35.68	^***	39.69	^***	40.60	^***
N	6,932		5,139		5,405		873

Panel B. Adults Aqed 20–84
Food Similarity Index	−0.09	^***	−0.11	^***	−0.08	^***	−0.13	^***
Generational Status (Ref = U.S. born)
Foreign-born, 0–4 years in U.S.	3.32	^***	3.10	^*	8.67	^***	3.10	^*
Foreign-born, 5–9 years in U.S.	4.32	^***	3.81	^*	7.74	^***	2.22
Foreign-born, 10+ years in U.S.	2.78	^***	3.49	^**	7.76	^***	0.88
Intercept	38.21	^***	31.29	^***	33.50	^***	34.87	^***
N	7,452		13,297		5,501		1,115

Abbreviations: NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

^***

p<.001;

^**

p<.01;

⁺

p<.10 (significance of difference from reference group)

All models control for age, educational attainment, gender, breakfast, lunch, snacking, share of food consumed at home, and day of recall.

Significantly different from foreign-born with 0–4 years in U.S. (p<.05)