Table 5.
Race-specific Alternative Healthy Eating Indices (AHEI) according to FFQ and 24HR
| Index | FFQ | 24HR | Mean 24HR-FFQ Discrepancy |
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| White | Black | P for diff. |
White | Black | P for diff. |
White | Black | P for diff. |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||||
| Total score (80-point maximum) | 54.0 | 10.3 | 45.9 | 8.8 | <0.001 | 43.9 | 10.8 | 33.2 | 9.6 | <0.001 | −10.1 | −12.7 | 0.24 |
| Subscores (10-point maximum) | |||||||||||||
| Vegetables | 5.4 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 0.23 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 0.05 | −0.4 | −1.1 | 0.23 |
| Fruit | 6.0 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 0.52 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 0.002 | −0.5 | −2.2 | 0.01 |
| Nuts and vegetable protein | 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.04 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.3 | <0.001 | 1.5 | −0.3 | 0.06 |
| White/red meat ratio | 9.8 | 1.3 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 0.05 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 0.76 | −3.8 | −2.8 | 0.15 |
| Cereal fiber | 6.2 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 0.04 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.01 | −3.1 | −3.1 | 0.99 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 5.1 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | <0.001 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | <0.001 | −1.9 | −1.2 | 0.40 |
| Percent of calories trans fat | 9.2 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 1.2 | <0.001 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 1.7 | <0.001 | −0.1 | −0.6 | 0.19 |
| Polyunsaturated/sat fat ratio | 8.1 | 1.9 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 0.13 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 0.09 | −1.7 | −1.4 | 0.49 |