Table 2:
Associations between household food insecurity and Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 total scores – NHANES 2011–2014
| All adultsa | Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic Black | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SE) | βc | 95% CI | Mean (SE) | βc | 95% CI | Mean (SE) | βc | 95% CI | |
| Food secure | 54.6 (0.6) | Ref. | 53.1 (1.5) | Ref. | 54.0 (0.7) | Ref. | |||
| Marginally food secure | 53.4 (0.7) | −1.19 | −2.87, 0.50 | 50.1 (2.0) | −2.95 | −5.58, −0.33 | 54.0 (1.7) | −0.02 | −3.15, 3.11 |
| Food insecure | 52.4 (0.8) | −2.22 | −3.35, −1.08 | 50.2 (1.6) | −2.92 | −4.49, −1.35 | 53.6 (1.0) | −0.34 | −1.76, 1.09 |
| P-trend | 0.0002 | 0.0002 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Hispanic | Non-Hispanic Asian | “Other” Race/Ethnicity b | |||||||
| Mean (SE) | βc | 95% CI | Mean (SE) | βc | 95% CI | Mean (SE) | βc | 95% CI | |
| Food secure | 54.6 (1.2) | Ref. | 55.6 (1.5) | Ref. | 60.6 (2.7) | Ref. | |||
| Marginally food secure | 56.1 (1.8) | 1.45 | −1.69, 4.59 | 57.4 (2.2) | 1.80 | −3.75, 7.35 | 60.2 (2.2) | −0.44 | −5.31, 4.42 |
| Food insecure | 53.9 (1.0) | −0.68 | −2.73, 1.36 | 50.0 (2.3) | −5.64 | −10.84, −0.44 | 55.2 (2.7) | −5.37 | −10.60, −0.14 |
| P-trend | 0.54 | 0.15 | 0.048 | ||||||
a
P value from Wald test for heterogeneity of β were: 0.36 for sex and 0.002 for race/ethnicity
b
“Other” race/ethnicity refers to Non-Hispanic indi viduals identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and adults who identify as multi-racial
c
β coefficient estimated using linear regression models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity (except for stratified models), birthplace, educational attainment, marital status, poverty income ratio, and smoking status