Table 6.

Score means of HEI‐2010 components, expressed as absolute scores (adolescents)

Component	Food security		Food insecurity						p‐Value for trend
			Mild		Moderate		Severe
	Mean	CI 95%	Mean	CI 95%	Mean	CI 95%	Mean	CI 95%
Total fruitd	3.4	(3.1, 3.7)	3.3	(3.1, 3.5)	3.4	(3.2, 3.7)	3.3	(3.0, 3.6)	0.77
Whole fruitd	4.1	(3.9, 4.4)	4.0	(3.9, 4.2)	4.1	(3.9, 4.4)	4.0	(3.8, 4.2)	0.65
Total vegetablesd	3.0	(2.8, 3.2)	3.0	(2.8, 3.1)	3.0	(2.8, 3.2)	2.9	(2.6, 3.1)	0.55
Greens and beansd	0.9	(0.6, 1.2)	0.9	(0.7, 1.1)	0.8	(0.5, 1.1)	0.6	(0.3, 0.9)	0.07
Whole grainse	3.8	(3.3, 4.4)	3.6	(3.2, 3.9)	3.6	(3.2, 4.2)	3.1	(2.5, 3.7)	0.08
Dairye	5.9	(5.4, 6.4)	5.3	(5.1, 5.6)	4.5a, b	(4.1, 4.9)	5.0	(4.5, 5.6)	0.01
Total protein foodsd	3.4	(3.2, 3.6)	3.5	(3.3, 3.6)	3.5	(3.3, 3.7)	2.9a, b, c	(2.6, 3.2)	0.01
Seafood and plant proteinsd	3.1	(2.8, 3.4)	3.2	(2.9, 3.4)	3.4	(3.1, 3.6)	3.2	(2.9, 3.6)	0.47
Fatty acidse	2.8	(2.5, 3.3)	3.0	(2.8, 3.3)	3.6	(3.2, 3.9)	3.3	(2.8, 3.8)	0.06
Refined grainse	4.3	(3.8, 4.8)	3.8	(3.4, 4.2)	4.2	(3.7, 4.7)	3.4	(2.7, 4.1)	0.09
Sodiume	8.5	(8.2, 8.8)	8.2	(7.9, 8.5)	8.3	(7.9, 8.6)	8.3	(7.9, 8.8)	0.63
Empty caloriesf	17.5	(16.9, 18.1)	17.5	(17.0, 17.9)	17.9	(17.4, 18.4)	17.9	(17.2, 18.5)	0.31
HEI‐2010 scoreg	61.0	(59.5, 62.7)	59.4	(58.3, 60.5)	60.4	(58.9, 61.8)	58.0a	(56.4, 59.5)	0.03

Model adjusted for education, area, socioeconomic status, Prospera beneficiary, indigenism, and BMI category.

FI, food insecurity; HEI, Healthy Eating Index.

^aSignificantly different compared to food security status (Bonferroni‐corrected, p < .05).

^bStatistically significant compared to mild FI (Bonferroni‐corrected, p < .05).

^cStatistically significant compared to moderate FI (Bonferroni‐corrected, p < .05).

^dMaximum score: 5.

^eMaximum score: 10.

^fMaximum score: 20.

^gMaximum score: 100.