Table 3.

Amounts of selected food groups consumed at breakfast across tertiles of NRF 9.3 score by age group. Data for breakfast consumers only.

	Children/Adolescents (N = 3296)						Adults/Older Adults (N = 8269)
	T1	T2	T3	p *	p **	p ***	T1	T2	T3	p *	p **	p ***
Citrus fruits †	0.02 (0)	0.04 (0.01)	0.07 (0.02)	0.0104	0.015	0.0058	0.02 (0)	0.06 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Juice (cup) †	0.09 (0.01)	0.19 (0.02)	0.21 (0.02)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.07 (0.01)	0.16 (0.02)	0.17 (0.01)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Other fruits †	0.06 (0.02)	0.09 (0.01)	0.12 (0.01)	0.0325	0.033	0.0343	0.06 (0)	0.13 (0.01)	0.24 (0.01)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Whole grains ‡	0.18 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.47 (0.03)	<0.001	0.000	<0.001	0.22 (0.02)	0.47 (0.03)	0.7 (0.03)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Refined grains ‡	1.63 (0.06)	1.24 (0.07)	0.81 (0.04)	<0.001	0.000	<0.001	1.54 (0.04)	1.28 (0.04)	0.79 (0.03)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Meat/poultry/fish ‡	0.41 (0.05)	0.29 (0.03)	0.1 (0.01)	<0.001	0.000	<0.001	0.61 (0.03)	0.38 (0.03)	0.16 (0.01)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Eggs ‡	0.30 (0.03)	0.29 (0.03)	0.2 (0.03)	0.0457	0.545	0.5191	0.44 (0.03)	0.44 (0.02)	0.31 (0.03)	0.0023	<0.001	0.0098
Soy, nuts, legumes ‡	0.06 (0.01)	0.05 (0.01)	0.09 (0.02)	0.1455	0.047	0.0738	0.13 (0.02)	0.19 (0.02)	0.31 (0.02)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Milk †	0.41 (0.03)	0.6 (0.03)	0.74 (0.03)	<0.001	0.000	<0.001	0.23 (0.01)	0.35 (0.02)	0.52 (0.01)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Yogurt †	0.01 (0)	0.01 (0)	0.03 (0.01)	0.0312	0.038	0.0439	0.02 (0)	0.03 (0)	0.04 (0.01)	<0.001	<0.001	0.0027
Cheese †	0.07 (0.01)	0.08 (0.01)	0.05 (0.01)	0.0217	0.393	0.3791	0.13 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.05 (0)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

* Unadjusted p-value; ** p-value adjusted for total energy at breakfast; *** p-value adjusted for energy at breakfast, ethnicity, income to poverty ratio, education (adults only) and gender; † Units for citrus fruits, juice, other fruits, milk, yogurt and cheese are cup-equivalents; ‡ Units for whole grains, refined grains, meat/poultry/fish (MPF), eggs, soy, nuts and legumes are ounce-equivalents.