Table 5:

Associations between African American Race, Social Norms and Dietary Behaviors, Healthy Friends Network Study (N = 1,278)

	Daily vegetable consumption		Daily fruit consumption		Frequent unhealthy food consumption
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
African American	0.47 (0.34–0.64)	0.48 (0.35–0.67)	0.42 (0.31–0.60)	0.44 (0.31–0.62)
Descriptive family norm		2.02 (1.54–2.64)		1.76 (1.34–2.31)
Indirect effect		0.98 (0.97–0.99)		0.99 (0.98–0.99)
Direct effect		0.85 (0.79–0.91)		0.83 (0.77–0.90)
Total effect		0.84 (0.78–0.90)		0.82 (0.76 (0.88)
% of total effect mediated		8.7%		6.9%
African American					1.63 (1.17–2.26)	1.48 (1.06–2.08)
Injunctive friend norm						0.37 (0.28–0.48)
Indirect effect						1.02 (1.01–1.04)
Direct effect						1.08 (1.01–1.17)
Total effect						1.10 (1.02–1.19)
% of total effect mediated						20.7%
African American					1.63 (1.17–2.26)	1.27 (0.87–1.86)
Injunctive family norm						0.15 (0.10–0.23)
Indirect effect						1.04 (1.01–1.08)
Direct effect						1.04 (0.96–1.13)
Total effect						1.09 (1.00–1.18)
% of total effect mediated						50.1%
African American	0.47 (0.34–0.64)	0.52 (0.37–0.73)	0.42 (0.31–0.60)	0.46 (0.32–0.66)	1.63 (1.17–2.26)	1.43 (1.01–2.02)
Attitude		9.31 (6.40–13.55)		6.90 (4.93–9.64)		0.13 (0.09–0.19)
Indirect effect		0.95 (0.95–0.98)		0.95 (0.92–0.99)		1.05 (1.02–1.09)
Direct effect		0.87 (0.81–0.94)		0.85 (0.79–0.92)		1.06 (0.98–1.15)
Total effect		0.83 (0.76–0.90)		0.81 (0.75–0.88)		1.12 (1.03–1.21)
% of total effect mediated		29.4%		23.1%		44.1%