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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 Mar 9;5(1):141–150. doi: 10.1007/s40615-017-0351-3

Table 2.

Non-overlapping food categories with similar intake frequency over two days in two clusters of 383 overweight and obese African-American women in rural Alabama and Mississippi, 2011–2013a

Food groups Frequency of consumption P-value
Cluster 1 (n=249) Mean ± SD Cluster 2 (n=134) Mean ± SD
1. Salads 3.35 ± 2.95 5.55 ± 4.27 < .001
2. Added sugars 4.61 ± 2.92 7.11 ± 3.82 < .001
3. Cold cereals 1.47 ± 1.64 0.78 ± 0.96 < .001
4. Fast food / fried foods 2.45 ± 2.00 1.86 ± 1.51 .003
5. Water 4.95 ± 2.72 6.73 ± 3.71 < .001
6. Salty snacks 1.68 ± 1.33 1.59 ± 1.19 0.52
7. Whole grains 0.37 ± 0.58 1.54 ± 1.30 < .001
8. Potato 1.31 ± 1.13 1.79 ± 1.33 < .001
9. Alcohol 1.39 ± 1.11 1.83 ± 1.43 .001
10. Desserts 4.06 ± 2.34 3.19 ± 2.01 < .001
a

Means that are significantly higher are in bold