Table 4.

Effect of Hours Spent in EFNEP on HEI Scores and Changes in Scores of Maine Adult EFNEP Participants, Adjusted for Individual Characteristics^a (n = 507 Pre-EFNEP and Post-EFNEP).

Outcome	Coefficientb on Post-EFNEP (P Value)	Coefficient on <7 Hours (P Value)	Coefficient on >16 Hours (P Value)	Coefficient on Post-EFNEP × <7 Hours (P Value)	Coefficient on Post-EFNEP × >16 Hours (P Value)	R 2
Total HEI	8.44 (<.001)	1.01 (.55)	0.01 (.10)	−3.79 (.05)	−2.35 (.34)	0.14
Total fruits	1.14 (<.001)	0.32 (.28)	0.02 (.96)	−0.52 (.07)	−0.61 (.12)	0.10
Vegetables	0.59 (<.001)	−0.23 (.29)	−0.55 (.06)	0.05 (.84)	0.14 (.70)	0.09
Total grains	−0.25 (.006)	−0.14 (.24)	−0.05 (.81)	0.38 (.02)	0.10 (.71)	0.04
Protein foods	0.65 (.001)	−0.41 (.31)	0.06 (.91)	−0.45 (.30)	0.13 (.82)	0.04
Dairy	1.46 (<.001)	0.49 (.34)	−0.41 (.52)	−0.44 (.35)	0.21 (.76)	0.15
Saturated fat	0.77 (.006)	0.37 (.42)	0.50 (.34)	−0.91 (.09)	−0.79 (.24)	0.06
Sodium	−0.19 (.38)	0.51 (.18)	0.70 (.15)	−0.82 (.03)	−0.88 (.11)	0.04
Whole grains	0.79 (<.001)	−0.16 (.52)	−0.16 (.59)	−0.26 (.35)	0.10 (.80)	0.10
Oils	0.16 (.61)	−0.33 (.51)	0.77 (.23)	0.41 (.45)	−0.52 (.50)	0.03
SoFAS	1.72 (<.001)	0.38 (.52)	−0.60 (.45)	−0.63 (.30)	0.26 (.79)	0.10
Whole Fruits	1.07 (<.001)	−0.01 (.97)	−0.03 (.94)	−0.07 (.82)	−0.22 (.61)	0.11
Dark green and orange vegetables and legumes	0.55 (<.001)	0.22 (.37)	−0.25 (.42)	−0.56 (.04)	−0.25 (.49)	0.06

Abbreviations: EFNEP, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program; HEI, Healthy Eating Index; SoFAS, solid fats and added sugars.

^aAdjusted for age, sex, race, rural/urban residence, county, highest grade achieved, real monthly household income, number of children, public assistance programs utilized, hours spent in EFNEP, and year of participation.

^bOrdinary Least Squares regression.