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Published in final edited form as: Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2023 Jan 5;98:104062. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2023.104062

Table 5.

Bivariate associations of PFAS and Dietary Indices, N = 346

Dietary Index Correlation coefficient; p-value
Log_PFBS Log_PFOS Log_PFNA Log_PFOA Log_PFHxS Log_PFHpA
r value p r value p r value p r value p r value p r value p
Pre intervention
Total Healthy Eating Index −.113* 0.037 0.006 0.911 .146** 0.007 0.105 0.052 .109* 0.043 0.078 0.149
Fruit −0.087 0.108 −0.067 0.214 0.021 0.693 0.003 0.949 0.044 0.422 0.070 0.198
Non-Juice Fruit −0.033 0.541 −0.083 0.123 0.037 0.498 −0.038 0.484 0.003 0.956 0.079 0.143
Vegetables −0.097 0.073 0.069 0.205 .202** <0.01 .134* 0.013 0.072 0.184 .203** <0.01
Dark green, and orange vegetables and legumes −.112* 0.038 0.052 0.338 .181** <0.01 .117* 0.030 .110* 0.041 .174** 0.001
Grains 0.010 0.857 0.047 0.389 −0.006 0.910 0.059 0.279 0.098 0.069 −0.012 0.825
Whole Grains −0.058 0.284 −0.002 0.966 −0.025 0.650 0.013 0.806 .133* 0.014 0.016 0.771
Milk −0.008 0.889 −0.074 0.173 0.002 0.972 −0.012 0.827 0.021 0.697 −0.058 0.281
Meat/Beans −.116* 0.032 0.059 0.274 0.084 0.122 0.011 0.839 0.079 0.146 0.024 0.657
Oils −0.022 0.691 0.020 0.716 0.037 0.492 0.001 0.979 −0.039 0.466 0.009 0.873
Saturated Fat −0.094 0.082 −0.009 0.865 0.081 0.137 .115* 0.033 0.056 0.298 0.036 0.508
Sodium 0.083 0.124 0.003 0.961 −0.089 0.099 −0.029 0.591 −0.036 0.501 −.110* 0.042
Soluble fat, alcohol added sugars −0.074 0.173 0.039 0.470 .164** 0.002 0.105 0.051 0.086 0.113 0.071 0.191
Post intervention
Total HEI −0.003 0.959 0.022 0.687 −0.009 0.868 0.011 0.841 .152** 0.006 −0.005 0.925
Fruit −0.057 0.309 −0.086 0.123 −0.075 0.180 −0.038 0.491 0.036 0.522 0.049 0.382
Non-Juice Fruit −0.063 0.256 −0.049 0.377 −0.042 0.448 −0.026 0.638 0.031 0.580 0.058 0.300
Vegetables 0.048 0.389 0.049 0.380 0.041 0.467 −0.013 0.811 0.059 0.291 −0.018 0.754
Dark green, orange vegetables and legumes −0.003 0.956 −0.030 0.595 0.027 0.633 −0.018 0.745 .113* 0.042 0.006 0.915
Grains 0.024 0.667 0.000 0.994 −0.025 0.650 −0.021 0.701 0.090 0.108 −0.052 0.354
Whole Grains 0.048 0.390 0.002 0.965 −0.031 0.574 −0.014 0.796 0.086 0.123 0.036 0.516
Milk 0.024 0.666 −0.094 0.092 −.119* 0.033 −0.053 0.344 0.028 0.618 −0.023 0.682
Meat/Beans 0.104 0.061 .133* 0.016 0.061 0.274 0.084 0.132 0.069 0.216 0.027 0.627
Oils 0.030 0.591 0.019 0.727 0.039 0.489 −0.034 0.544 0.000 0.994 −0.007 0.899
Saturated Fat −0.048 0.391 0.092 0.098 0.053 0.345 0.071 0.203 .137* 0.014 −0.030 0.591
Sodium −0.092 0.100 −0.013 0.815 0.022 0.698 0.082 0.140 −0.012 0.828 0.069 0.215
Soluble fat, alcohol added sugars 0.016 0.778 0.037 0.505 −0.003 0.964 −0.007 0.898 .111* 0.047 −0.047 0.401

Bold p-values represent p< 0.05; italicized p-values represent p< 0.10.

*

analysis was completed using log transformed data for PFAS; log(x+1).