Skip to main content
. 2016 Aug 24;16(1):872. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3499-6

Table 2.

Youth-level psychosocial determinants on fruit, vegetable, and fiber consumption among low-income AA youtha,b

Youth psychosocial determinants Quartile of fruit intake (serving) Quartile of vegetable intake (serving) Quartile of fiber intake (grams)
OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI) OR (95 % CI)
Outcome Expectancy 1.01 (0.94; 1.08) 1.01 (0.94; 1.07) 1.03 (0.91; 1.16)
Food-Knowledge 1.06 (0.95; 1.17) 1.02 (0.92; 1.13) 1.03 (0.91; 1.16)
Intentions 1.22 (1.06; 1.41)** 1.31 (1.15; 1.51)** 1.46 (1.23; 1.74)**
Self-Efficacy 1.07 (1.03; 1.12)** 1.04 (1.01; 1.09)* 1.10 (1.04; 1.16)**

Outcome expectancy range from 1 to 22 points; Nutrition Knowledge range from 3 to 14 points; Intentions for Healthy Eating range from 0 to 10 points; Food-related Self-efficacy range from 7 to 36 points

*p-value < 0.05; **p-value < 0.01

aOrdered Logit Regression Analysis on fruit, vegetable and dietary fiber daily servings

bAdjusted model for youth age, sex, youth BMI (percentile) and youth calorie intake, and estimated poverty threshold to income ratio