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. 2021 May 20;13(5):1734. doi: 10.3390/nu13051734

Table 6.

Effect of replacing nutrient density T1 foods with T3 foods at 10%, 20%, 30%, and 100% level on HEI-2015 scores among adults (age > 19 years) by gender and PIR group.

Gender PIR 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 <1.35 1467 10% 2.66 ± 0.16 *^ 2.32 2.99 3.36 ± 0.16 * 3.04 3.69
20% 3.88 ± 0.23 *^ 3.40 4.35 4.90 ± 0.24 * 4.41 5.39
30% 4.54 ± 0.29 *^ 3.95 5.12 5.76 ± 0.30 * 5.15 6.37
100% 5.14 ± 0.45 * 4.22 6.06 6.80 ± 0.43 * 5.93 7.66
1.35–1.85 563 10% 2.79 ± 0.29 * 2.19 3.38 3.74 ± 0.34 * 3.05 4.43
20% 3.71 ± 0.43 * 2.84 4.58 5.27 ± 0.49 * 4.27 6.27
30% 4.16 ± 0.51 * 3.11 5.20 6.02 ± 0.59 * 4.82 7.21
100% 4.36 ± 0.69 * 2.96 5.76 6.69 ± 0.78 * 5.11 8.27
>1.85 2521 10% 3.32 ± 0.14 *^ 3.04 3.60 4.06 ± 0.14 * 3.77 4.34
20% 4.63 ± 0.20 *^ 4.21 5.05 5.64 ± 0.20 * 5.22 6.05
30% 5.19 ± 0.26 *^ 4.67 5.71 6.31 ± 0.24 * 5.82 6.81
100% 5.10 ± 0.39 * 4.32 5.89 6.48 ± 0.35 * 5.76 7.19
Female <1.35 1683 10% 3.03 ± 0.14 * 2.74 3.32 3.63 ± 0.18 * 3.27 3.99
20% 4.48 ± 0.20 * 4.06 4.90 5.37 ± 0.26 * 4.85 5.90
30% 5.30 ± 0.25 * 4.78 5.81 6.33 ± 0.31 * 5.70 6.95
100% 6.36 ± 0.42 * 5.51 7.22 7.58 ± 0.45 * 6.66 8.51
1.35–1.85 557 10% 3.14 ± 0.35 * 2.43 3.85 3.84 ± 0.32 * 3.19 4.49
20% 4.44 ± 0.51 * 3.41 5.47 5.42 ± 0.48 * 4.44 6.41
30% 5.06 ± 0.60 * 3.84 6.28 6.16 ± 0.57 * 5.00 7.33
100% 5.11 ± 0.78 * 3.51 6.70 6.37 ± 0.80 * 4.75 8.00
>1.85 2476 10% 3.69 ± 0.15 * 3.38 4.00 4.07 ± 0.13 * 3.79 4.34
20% 5.04 ± 0.23 * 4.57 5.50 5.60 ± 0.22 * 5.15 6.05
30% 5.52 ± 0.28 * 4.95 6.09 6.25 ± 0.28 * 5.68 6.82
100% 5.00 ± 0.42 * 4.15 5.86 6.08 ± 0.45 * 5.16 7.01

* Indicates change in HEI0-2015 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.