Table 6.
Food group intake by tertile of HEI Score
| Food groups | HEI score |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1: 17–38 (n = 333) | T2: 39–46 (n = 293) | T3: 47–87 (n = 301) | p value | |
| Total fruit (cup) | 0.80 ± 0.03 | 1.09 ± 0.04 | 1.38 ± 0.04 | <0.0001 |
| Whole fruit (cup) | 0.78 ± 0.03 | 1.06 ± 0.04 | 1.35 ± 1.03 | <0.0001 |
| Total vegetables (cup) | 0.99 ± 0.03 | 1.21 ± 0.03 | 1.44 ± 0.03 | <0.0001 |
| Greens and beans (cup) | 0.14 ± 0.00 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | <0.0001 |
| Whole grains (g/day) | 6.75 ± 0.97 | 11.49 ± 1.04 | 19.09 ± 1.02 | <0.0001 |
| Dairy (cup) | 0.79 ± 0.02 | 0.91 ± 0.02 | 1.07 ± 0.02 | <0.0001 |
| Total protein foods (g/day) | 32.13 ± 1.06 | 37.19 ± 1.3 | 40.02 ± 1.12 | <0.0001 |
| Seafood and plant proteins (g/day) | 8.23 ± 0.44 | 10.92 ± 0.47 | 14.41 ± 0.46 | <0.0001 |
| Fatty acid [(PUFAs + MUFAs)/SFAs] (g/day) | 1.73 ± 0.02 | 1.78 ± 0.03 | 1.70 ± 0.30 | 0.2 |
| Refined grains (g/day) | 205.22 ± 3.80 | 178.47 ± 4.05 | 153.98 ± 3.99 | <0.0001 |
| Sodium (g/day) | 2.59 ± 0.08 | 1.80 ± 0.08 | 1.60 ± 0.08 | <0.0001 |
| Empty calories (g/day) | 134.17 ± 3.82 | 115.06 ± 4.07 | 71.96 ± 4.01 | <0.0001 |
HEI, healthy eating index. *Significant difference (p<0.05) using one way ANOVA.