Table 3.
Correlation between dietary diversity measures across study visits for HANDLS study participants, 2004–2017.
| Count | Evenness (HFBI) | Dissimilarity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dietary Diversity Measures, visit 1 (N = 2177) | |||
| Count 1 | − | ||
| Evenness (HFBI) 2 | 0.169 ** | − | |
| Dissimilarity 3 | 0.200 ** | −0.020 | − |
| Dietary Diversity Measures, visit 2 (N = 2140) | |||
| Count 1 | − | ||
| Evenness (HFBI) 2 | 0.166 ** | − | |
| Dissimilarity 3 | 0.219 ** | −0.079 ** | − |
| Dietary Diversity Measures, visit 3 (N = 2066) | |||
| Count 1 | − | ||
| Evenness (HFBI) 2 | 0.167 ** | − | |
| Dissimilarity 3 | 0.209 ** | −0.043 * | − |
Abbreviations: HANDLS—Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span. 1 Based on the consumption of at least one-half of serving equivalent for 21 food groups. 2 HFBI—Healthy Factor Berry-Index based on health factor adjusted by Berry-Index using the formula by Drescher and colleagues [23]. 3 Defined by Mahalanobis Distance [41]. ** Correlation is significant at p-value < 0.01 level. * Correlation is significant at p-value < 0.05 level.