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. 2018 Jul 19;13(7):e0200580. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200580

Table 4. Association between BMI and servings of dietary variables.

Variable R Variable R
Total Fruits & Vegetables −0.056*,, # Total Milk & Dairy −0.013
Vegetables −0.062*,,# Total Meat & Alternatives 0.046*,,#
Fruit −0.046*,,# Meat & Poultry 0.088*,,#
Vegetable/Fruit juice 0.004 Eggs 0.034*,,#
Green Vegetables 0.057*,,# Fish 0.017*
Total Grains 0.013 Tofu −0.019 *,,#
Whole Grains −0.028*,,# Beans & Legumes 0.010
Refined Grains 0.063*,,# Nuts & Seeds −0.049*,,#

Abbreviations: BMI, Body mass index

Results are expressed as Pearson correlation coefficients for associations with BMI.

* Indicates statistically significant association with BMI (p < 0.05).

and # indicate statistically significant associations found between body fat mass and trunk fat mass, respectively (p < 0.05), coefficients not shown.