Table 3.
Adjusted analyses examining associations between reflection spectroscopy (RS) scores for participants in Study 1 (n 479) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) Fruit and Vegetable Screener (F&V Screener)-assessed fruits and vegetables (adjusted for age, race, sex, smoking) and between RS scores for participants in Study 2 (n 30) and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) FFQ data and plasma carotenoids (adjusted for age, race and sex), Eastern North Carolina, USA, February–April 2017
Independent variable | Estimate | SE | P value | R2 |
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NCI F&V Screener – fruit (Study 1) | −1·34 | 1·85 | 0·471 | 0·08 |
NCI F&V Screener – vegetables (Study 1) | 1·88 | 2·09 | 0·370 | 0·08 |
NCI F&V Screener – fruit and vegetables (Study 1) | 0·04 | 1·25 | 0·975 | 0·08 |
FHCRC FFQ – fruit and vegetables (Study 2) | 31·60 | 11·27 | 0·010 | 0·27 |
FHCRC-FFQ – carotenoids (mg) (Study 2) | 0·007 | 0·001 | <0·0001 | 0·59 |
Plasma carotenoids (nmol/l) (Study 2) | 0·07 | 0·01 | <0·0001 | 0·55 |