Table 2 Healthy Eating Index 2010 Scores for Food Purchases by Income-to-Poverty Ratio
From: Nutrition quality of food purchases varies by household income: the SHoPPER study
Income-to-Poverty Ratioa | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Adjusted High v. Low | Adjusted Medium v. Low | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low 0–1.3 | Medium 1.4–3.4 | High 3.5+ | |||||
N = 202 | 49 | 78 | 75 | ||||
Food Purchases HEI-2010 total | 51.6 (13.9) | 57.8 (15.1) | 68.2 (13.3) | .0001 | .05 | .03 | .58 |
HEI-fruit total | 1.6 (1.7) | 2.1 (1.6) | 3.1 (1.6) | .0001 | .08 | .11 | .94 |
HEI - whole fruit | 1.9 (1.9) | 2.6 (1.8) | 3.7 (1.7) | .0001 | .19 | .12 | .74 |
HEI - veg total | 2.3 (1.6) | 2.6 (1.5) | 3.6 (1.4) | .0001 | .01 | .01 | .57 |
HEI - green/bean | 2.0 (2.2) | 2.4 (2.1) | 3.4 (1.8) | .0003 | .37 | .33 | .94 |
HEI - whole grain | 3.3 (3.4) | 4.3 (3.5) | 5.0 (3.7) | .03 | .91 | .71 | .93 |
HEI - refined grain | 6.5 (3.5) | 6.5 (3.6) | 7.8 (2.9) | .03 | .10 | .10 | .95 |
HEI - dairy | 5.0 (3.3) | 5.0 (2.9) | 5.6 (3.0) | .38 | .05 | .02 | .06 |
HEI total protein | 4.0(1.4) | 4.4 (1.1) | 4.2 (1.2) | .27 | .19 | .17 | .07 |
HEI-seafood/plants | 2.0 (2.0) | 2.8 (2.0) | 3.4 (2.0) | .001 | .14 | .05 | .11 |
HEI-fatty acids | 5.1 (3.2) | 5.1 (3.5) | 5.1 (3.6) | .99 | .99 | .87 | .92 |
HEI-sodium | 5.1 (4.5) | 6.1 (3.7) | 6.8 (3.7) | .05 | .07 | .02 | .14 |
HEI-empty calories | 12.9 (5.7) | 14.0 (5.4) | 16.4 (4.2) | .0003 | .43 | .32 | .97 |