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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2022 Jul;63(1 Suppl 1):S37–S46. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.02.015

Table 4.

Measures of Alpha Diversity by HEI Status With p<0.05 Considered Statistically Significant

Measures	HEI status		p-value
Measures	Low (N=35) Median (Q1, Q3)	High (N=36) Median (Q1, Q3)	p-value
Observed	263 (246.0, 291.0)	274 (260.0, 306.0)	0.136
Chao1	300 (280.9, 341.9)	333 (309.8, 361.4)	0.030
ACE	306 (282.8, 341.4)	331 (307.5, 364.2)	0.037
Shannon	3.59 (3.24, 3.95)	3.66 (3.29, 3.80)	0.818
Simpson	0.930 (0.900, 0.959)	0.939 (0.902, 0.953)	0.868

HEI, Healthy Eating Index; ACE, Abundance-based Coverage Estimator.