Table 3.
Comparison of before and after pantry HEI-2010 total and component scores in a multistate sample of rural, Midwestern, adult emergency food pantry clients for all pantry clients and for food-insecure pantry clients (n = 455).
| All Pantry Clients | ||||||
| Before-Pantry Score | After-Pantry Score | |||||
| n = 455 | Max Score | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-Value 1 |
| Total Vegetables | 5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| Green Beans | 5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
| Total Fruit | 5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.2 | <0.0001 |
| Whole Fruit | 5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | <0.0001 |
| Whole Grain | 10 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.4 |
| Total Dairy | 10 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| Total Protein | 5 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
| Seafood and Plant Protein | 5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| Fatty Acid | 10 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 0.9 |
| Sodium | 10 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| Refined Grain | 10 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 0.8 |
| Empty Calories | 20 | 10.3 | 7.0 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| Total HEI | 100 | 41 | 13.0 | 42 | 13.0 | 0.5 |
| Food-Insecure Pantry Clients 2 | ||||||
| Before-Pantry Score | After-Pantry Score | |||||
| n = 355 | Max Score | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-Value 1 |
| Whole Fruit | 5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.0003 |
| Total Fruit | 5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | <0.001 |
| Total HEI | 100 | 40 | 13 | 41 | 13 | 0.21 |
1 p-value was determined using the paired t-test; Statistical significance is p < 0.004 for paired t-test comparisons between before- and after-pantry HEI Scores (p < 0.05/13 HEI total and components, Bonferroni-type adjustment for multiple comparisons of sub-groups). 2 Only HEI-2010 component scores that significantly changed from before to after a pantry visit among food-insecure pantry clients are shown.