Table 4.
Median scores of individual components of Healthy Eating Index for Australian Adults (HEIFA-2013) by food security status among students attending a large Australian university.
| HEIFA-2013 Individual Components | First Recalls 1 | Two Recalls 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR 3) | Median (IQR) | |||||
| Food Secure (n = 129) | Food Insecure (n = 12) | p 4 | Food Secure (n = 86) | Food Insecure (n = 7) | p 4 | |
| Fruit total intake | 0.0 (3.8) | 0.6 (2.5) | 0.667 | 1.3 (3.8) | 1.3 (3.8) | 0.926 |
| Fruit variety | 0.0 (5.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.184 | 0.0 (5.0) | 0.0 (5.0) | 1.000 |
| Vegetable total intake | 2.0 (4.0) | 1.5 (2.0) | 0.620 | 2.0 (3.0) | 2.0 (2.0) | 0.349 |
| Vegetable variety | 1.0 (2.0) | 1.0 (2.0) | 0.454 | 1.0 (2.0) | 1.0 (2.0) | 0.808 |
| Grains total intake | 2.5 (2.9) | 2.1 (3.1) | 0.787 | 2.5 (1.7) | 1.7 (2.5) | 0.161 |
| Wholegrains intake | 0.0 (2.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.044 | 0.0 (2.0) | 0.0 (1.0) | 0.648 |
| Meat and alternatives | 8.0 (7.0) | 7.0 (10.0) | 0.636 | 9.0 (6.0) | 10.0 (8.0) | 1.000 |
| Dairy | 4.0 (6.0) | 2.0 (6.0) | 0.141 | 4.0 (4.0) | 2.0 (2.0) | 0.421 |
| Discretionary choices | 7.5 (7.5) | 3.8 (8.8) | 0.228 | 7.5 (7.5) | 5.0 (10.0) | 0.559 |
| Saturated fat | 0.0 (5.0) | 0.0 (4.4) | 0.811 | 0.0 (2.5) | 0.0 (2.5) | 1.000 |
| Unsaturated fat | 5.0 (0.0) | 5.0 (0.0) | 0.725 | 5.0 (0.0) | 5.0 (0.0) | 0.383 |
| Sodium | 5.0 (10.0) | 0.0 (9.0) | 0.646 | 0.0 (5.0) | 5.0 (10.0) | 0.433 |
| Added sugar | 5.0 (8.0) | 5.0 (10.0) | 0.437 | 5.0 (10.0) | 0.0 (5.0) | 0.006 |
| Water | 5.0 (0.0) | 5.0 (0.0) | 0.739 | 5.0 (0.0) | 5.0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
| Alcohol | 5.0 (0.0) | 5.0 (0.0) | 1.000 | 5.0 (0.0) | 5.0 (0.0) | 0.631 |
1 Calculated the HEIFA-2013 based on the first dietary recalls of 141 students; 2 The subset of 93 students completed two dietary recalls, calculated the HEIFA-2013 based on the average intake of two recalls; 3 IQR = interquartile range; 4 Mann–Whitney U test.