TABLE 5.

Intake tertile–adjusted prevalences among US-born and foreign-born non-Hispanic blacks: pooled NHANES 2003–2012¹

	Lower- or no-intake tertile, %			Medium-intake tertile, %			Higher-intake tertile, %
Variables	Adjusted prevalence2	SE	95% CI	Adjusted prevalence2	SE	95% CI	Adjusted prevalence2	SE	95% CI
AHEI-2010 score
US-born	35.2	0.01	32.9, 37.6	35.2	0.01	33.4, 36.9	29.6	0.01	27.5, 31.7
Foreign-born	16.1	0.03	10.9, 21.3	23.5	0.03	16.9, 30.1	60.4	0.04	53.2, 67.5
DASH score
US-born	36.1	0.01	33.7, 38.4	39.1	0.01	37.1, 41.1	24.8	0.01	22.7, 27.0
Foreign-born	13.6	0.02	9.0, 18.2	35.5	0.03	30.2, 40.9	50.8	0.03	44.8, 56.8
Vegetables,3 servings/d
US-born	36.1	0.01	33.7, 38.4	39.1	0.01	37.1, 41.1	24.8	0.01	22.7, 27.0
Foreign-born	13.6	0.02	9.0, 18.3	35.5	0.03	30.2, 40.9	50.8	0.03	44.8, 56.8
Fruit (excluding juice),4 servings/d
US-born	40.4	0.01	38.0, 42.8	28.6	0.01	26.7, 30.5	31.0	0.01	28.9, 33.0
Foreign-born	28.5	0.03	22.7, 34.3	23.5	0.03	17.0, 30.0	48.0	0.04	40.8, 55.3
Fruit (including juice),5 servings/d
US.born	34.8	0.01	32.9, 36.7	33.7	0.01	31.9, 35.5	31.5	0.01	29.7, 33.3
Foreign-born	19.3	0.03	13.7, 24.9	33.2	0.03	26.2, 40.1	47.5	0.04	40.1, 54.9
Whole grains,6
ounce-equivalents/d
US-born	40.5	0.01	38.2, 42.8	29.1	0.01	27.4, 30.8	30.4	0.01	28.2, 32.7
Foreign-born	28.9	0.03	22.5, 35.4	18.3	0.02	13.7, 22.6	52.7	0.03	46.0, 59.4
Whole grains,6 % of
total grains/d
US-born	40.3	0.01	38.0, 42.6	28.9	0.01	27.5, 30.3	30.8	0.01	28.5, 33.1
Foreign-born	28.9	0.03	22.5, 35.4	21.1	0.02	16.1, 26.1	50.0	0.03	43.4, 56.6
Sugar-sweetened
beverages,7 servings/d
U.S.-born	31.2	0.01	28.9, 33.4	33.8	0.01	31.9, 35.7	35.0	0.01	32.8, 37.2
Foreign-born	53.2	0.03	47.0, 59.4	26.4	0.03	21.1, 31.7	20.4	0.03	14.9, 25.9
Nut, legume, and vegetable
protein,6 ounce-equivalents/d
US-born	39.1	0.01	36.9, 41.4	28.6	0.01	26.1, 31.2	32.2	0.01	30.2, 34.3
Foreign-born	40.6	0.03	34.8, 46.3	17.0	0.03	11.3, 22.8	42.4	0.03	36.3, 48.5
Red/processed meat, servings/d
US-born	31.4	0.01	28.7, 34.1	34.1	0.01	32.1, 36.1	34.5	0.01	32.0, 37.0
Foreign-born	51.1	0.03	44.2, 58.0	26.1	0.03	20.1, 32.1	22.8	0.03	17.2, 28.4
Long-chain n–3 fatty
acids (EPA+DHA), mg/d
US-born	34.3	0.01	32.0, 36.6	34.0	0.01	32.0, 36.0	31.6	0.01	29.0, 34.3
Foreign-born	26.3	0.03	21.5, 33.0	26.3	0.02	21.4, 31.2	47.6	0.04	39.9, 55.3
PUFAs, % kcal/d
US-born	31.8	0.01	29.4, 34.2	33.3	0.01	31.6, 35.1	34.8	0.01	32.5, 37.1
Foreign-born	49.8	0.04	42.7, 56.9	30.1	0.03	23.2, 35.0	20.1	0.02	15.3, 24.9
Sodium,8 mg/d
US-born	33.2	0.01	31.0, 35.3	33.1	0.01	31.1, 35.0	33.7	0.01	31.7, 35.8
Foreign-born	32.7	0.02	29.3, 36.1	35.9	0.02	31.3, 40.6	31.3	0.02	27.3, 35.4
Alcohol,9 drinks/d
US-born	73.3	0.01	71.4, 75.3	13.2	0.01	11.9, 14.5	13.5	0.01	12.0, 14.9
Foreign-born	70.8	0.03	65.2, 76.3	15.7	0.02	11.5, 19.8	13.5	0.03	8.2, 18.8

¹Total n = 4319 for each model. Scores and intakes were categorized into tertiles. The low tertile was designated as the base comparison category, and for the alcohol analysis the “no intake” group was designated as the base comparison category in the polytomous regression analyses. AHEI-2010, Alternative Healthy Eating Index–2010; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.

²Adjusted for age, sex, educational level, poverty-to-income ratio, smoking status, physical activity status, and energy intake. Adjusted prevalences of the intake tertiles for US-born and foreign-born blacks were determined after adjustment for the other predictors in polytomous regression models.

³All vegetables, except for white potatoes and juice.

⁴Includes only whole fruit, excluding fruit juice.

⁵Includes only whole fruit, including fruit juice.

⁶Based on the USDA definition.

⁷Includes soda, fruit juice and fruit drinks, presweetened iced teas, sports drinks, and energy drinks.

⁸Sum of all sodium contents in food.

⁹Includes wine, beer, and distilled spirits.