Table 5.
Effect of replacing nutrient density T1 foods with T3 foods at 10%, 20%, 30%, and 100% level on HEI-2015 scores by gender and age group.
| Gender | Age (y) | n | Percent Replacement |
NRF 9.3 | NRFh 4:3:3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in HEI-2015 ± SEM | Lower 95th CI | Upper 95th CI | Change in HEI-2015 ± SEM | Lower 95th CI | Upper 95th CI | ||||
| Male | 2–18 | 2856 | 10% | 2.75 ± 0.15 * | 2.45 | 3.06 | 3.28 ± 0.16 * | 2.96 | 3.60 |
| 20% | 4.04 ± 0.22 * | 3.60 | 4.48 | 4.89 ± 0.22 * | 4.43 | 5.34 | |||
| 30% | 4.75 ± 0.27 * | 4.21 | 5.30 | 5.77 ± 0.27 * | 5.23 | 6.32 | |||
| 100% | 5.47 ± 0.38 * | 4.70 | 6.24 | 6.81 ± 0.39 * | 6.02 | 7.60 | |||
| 19+ | 4955 | 10% | 3.41 ± 0.11 *^ | 2.51 | 2.92 | 4.14 ± 0.10 * | 3.03 | 3.41 | |
| 20% | 4.75 ± 0.17 *^ | 3.71 | 4.28 | 5.77 ± 0.15 * | 4.54 | 5.10 | |||
| 30% | 5.38 ± 0.20 *^ | 4.36 | 5.05 | 6.53 ± 0.18 * | 5.37 | 6.08 | |||
| 100% | 5.56 ± 0.30 *^ | 4.79 | 5.87 | 6.96 ± 0.26 * | 6.18 | 7.28 | |||
| Female | 2–18 | 2813 | 10% | 2.71 ± 0.10 *^ | 3.17 | 3.64 | 3.22 ± 0.09 * | 3.92 | 4.35 |
| 20% | 3.99 ± 0.14 *^ | 4.41 | 5.09 | 4.82 ± 0.14 * | 5.46 | 6.07 | |||
| 30% | 4.70 ± 0.17 *^ | 4.97 | 5.79 | 5.73 ± 0.17 * | 6.17 | 6.90 | |||
| 100% | 5.33 ± 0.27 *^ | 4.95 | 6.18 | 6.73 ± 0.27 * | 6.43 | 7.48 | |||
| 19+ | 5157 | 10% | 3.31 ± 0.09 *^ | 3.12 | 3.50 | 4.01 ± 0.09 * | 3.83 | 4.20 | |
| 20% | 4.65 ± 0.14 *^ | 4.37 | 4.93 | 5.67 ± 0.15 * | 5.37 | 5.97 | |||
| 30% | 5.26 ± 0.17 *^ | 4.92 | 5.61 | 6.45 ± 0.19 * | 6.07 | 6.83 | |||
| 100% | 5.37 ± 0.28 *^ | 4.79 | 5.95 | 6.77 ± 0.31 * | 6.14 | 7.41 | |||
* Indicates change in HEI-2015 total score is significantly different from zero, p < 0.05 ^ Indicates non-overlapping 95th percentile confidence intervals of change in HEI-2015 total score between NRF 9.3 and HNDS 4.3.3.