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. 2020 Oct 25;12(11):3268. doi: 10.3390/nu12113268

Table 6.

Differences in dinner HEI-2010 components and energy (kcal/day) among the latent classes of the NHANES 2007–2010 population (age ≥ 19 years, N = 10,556).

Variables 6-Class Solution p Value
Class 1
(n = 1431, 14%)
Class 2
(n = 5028, 48%)
Class 3
(n = 1380, 13%)
Class 4
(n = 1396, 13%)
Class 5
(n = 737, 7%)
Class 6
(n = 584, 6%)
SAD Dinner SAD Dinner with High Sodium SAD Dinner with High Seafood Healthy US Dinner with High Vegetable Healthy Mediterranean-Style Dinner Healthy US Dinner with Low Sodium
Mean (SD)
Total vegetable 1.24 (1.65) 3.17 (1.97) 2.82 (2.03) 4.59 (0.88) 4.48 (0.99) 2.82 (2.33) < 0.001
Green/beans 0.01 (0.15) 0.03 (0.20) 0.09 (0.38) 4.92 (0.34) 4.89 (0.42) 0.02 (0.20) < 0.001
Total fruit 0.62 (1.53) 0.69 (1.59) 0.88 (1.71) 0.79 (1.68) 0.80 (1.63) 1.63 (2.26) < 0.001
Whole grains 0.85 (2.60) 0.65 (2.16) 1.07 (2.81) 0.66 (2.22) 0.92 (2.64) 1.80 (3.68) < 0.001
Dairy 7.16 (4.05) 3.00 (3.71) 2.67 (3.67) 2.93 (6.64) 2.67 (3.54) 1.81 (3.14) < 0.001
Total protein foods 0.65 (0.88) 4.76 (0.58) 4.59 (0.93) 4.44 (1.40) 4.88 (0.53) 0.36 (0.66) < 0.001
Seafood 0.04 (0.27) 0.04 (0.26) 4.83 (0.51) 0.13 (0.44) 4.81 (0.55) 0.04 (0.25) < 0.001
Fatty acid ratio 1.14 (2.31) 5.00 (3.88) 7.19 (3.79) 5.71 (3.91) 7.13 (3.75) 8.98 (2.36) < 0.001
Sodium * 4.99 (4.23) 3.30 (3.70) 3.55 (3.91) 2.68 (3.55) 3.23 (3.73) 5.37 (4.30) < 0.001
Refined grains * 3.94 (4.42) 5.84 (4.10) 5.77 (4.16) 6.36 (4.04) 5.79 (4.19) 5.95 (4.51) < 0.001
SoFAAS * 7.55 (7.02) 13.41 (6.60) 14.61 (6.46) 15.21 (5.85) 15.89 (5.68) 15.70 (6.73) < 0.001
Energy (kcal/day) 706.48 (626.33) 850.03 (522.18) 851.57 (563.57) 844.54 (478.80) 914.50 (605.21) 525.48 (474.47) < 0.001

Note. HEI-2010 = Healthy Eating Index 2010; SAD = standard American diet; SD = standard deviation; SoFAAS = solid fats, alcohol and added sugars. * Lower numerical scores indicate higher consumption.