Table 4.

Results for estimated weights α̂ in the analysis of Section 5.4, with two populations (men and women), three diseases for men (lung, colorectal and prostate cancer) and four diseases for women (lung, colorectal, breast and ovarian cancer). The weights of the component scores were normalized so that their sum = 12, thus placing the weights on the same scale as the HEI-2005 total score, whose weights all = 1. The p-values for the test that the individuals components = 1 are also displayed. The actual estimated weights for Meat and Beans was actually negative, but we have set it = 0 for nutritional purposes.

	Estimate	se	p-value
Total Fruit	1.89	0.31	0.00
Whole Fruit	1.32	0.30	0.27
Total Grains	2.94	0.30	0.00
Whole Grains	0.70	0.26	0.32
Total Vegetables	0.97	0.34	0.93
DOL Vegetables	0.93	0.24	0.81
Dairy	0.61	0.09	0.00
Meat and Beans	0.00	0.17	0.00
Oils	0.39	0.11	0.00
Sodium	1.13	0.15	0.36
Saturated Fat	0.89	0.12	0.40
Empty Calories	0.23	0.07	0.00