Table 3.

Associations between HEI scores and health outcomes

	OR	95%CI	p-values
Obesity (n = 7112)	0.74	0.69, 0.80	< 0.001***
Self-reported health (n = 7149)	1.23	1.11, 1.36	< 0.001***
Depression (n = 6105)	0.71	0.61, 0.82	< 0.001***
CVD (n = 5860)	0.52	0.37, 0.74	< 0.001***

CVD Cardiovascular diseases; Participants were adults aged 18-65 in NHANES 2007-2014; analyses were adjusted for age, sex, race, education, and healthcare access; sampling weights were applied for regression analyses; Weighted Ns: obesity, N = 87,314,021; self-reported health, N = 87,836,410; depression, N = 73,671,431; CVD, N = 72,605,406

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001