Table 1.

AHEI-2010 scoring criteria and mean component and total scores among adult men and women.^a

Component	Criteria for minimum score(0)	Criteria for maximum score(10)	AHEI-2010 Women	AHEI-2010 Men
Vegetables, servings/d	0	≥5	0.66 ± 1.0	0.75 ± 1.2
Fruit, servings/d	0	≥4	0.56 ± 1.4	0.50 ± 1.4
Whole grains, g/d			0.20 ± 1.1	0.17 ± 1.1
Women	0	75
Men	0	90
Sugar-sweetened beverages, servings/d	≥1	0	2.9 ± 4.1	2.4 ± 3.9
Nuts and legumes, servings/d	0	≥1	1.9 ± 3.6	2.0 ± 3.8
Red/processed meat, servings/d	≥1	0	1.7 ± 2.9	1.3 ± 2.6
Fish, serving/d	0	≥0.2857	6.0 ± 4.5	6.3 ± 4.5
Alcohol, drinks/d			0.04 ± 0.6	0.11 ± 0.9
Women	≥2.5	0.5–1.5
Men	≥3.5	0.5–2.0
PUFA, % of energy	≤2	≥10	0.72 ± 0.8	0.46 ± 0.6
Sodium, mg/d	Highest decile	lowest decile	5.1 ± 3.1	4.9 ± 3.2
Total	0	100	19.7 ± 7.9	18.9 ± 8.1

^a Adapted AHEI-2010; Abbreviations: AHEI: alternative healthy eating index; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids