Table 5 Estimated median Healthy Eating Index-2015 scores adjusted for age, sex, educational status, and perceived financial status by quantile regression.

From: Diet quality as assessed by Healthy Eating Index-2015 among Hungarian Roma living in settlements of Northeast Hungary

Componenta

Maximum points

Hungarian Roma

Hungarian general

Pb

Total HEI-2015 score

100

41.64 (39.46–42.80)

47.20 (45.69–51.09)

 < 0.001

Adequacy

    

Total fruits

5

0.10 (0.05–0.46)

1.71 (1.02–2.33)

 < 0.001

Whole fruits

5

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

2.83 (1.63–3.86)

 < 0.001

Total vegetables

5

4.14 (3.41–4.36)

4.18 (3.81–4.57)

 < 0.001

Greens and beans

5

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.95 (0.36–1.17)

 < 0.001

Whole grains

10

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

1.000

Dairy

10

1.41 (0.99–1.62)

1.86 (1.48–2.43)

 < 0.001

Total protein foods

5

5.00 (5.00–5.00)

5.00 (5.00–5.00)

1.000

Seafood and plant proteins

5

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.58 (0.42–1.07)

 < 0.001

Fatty acids

10

5.34 (5.07–5.71)

5.43 (5.06–5.78)

0.004

Moderation

    

Refined grains

10

5.56 (4.80–5.87)

5.97 (5.31–6.62)

 < 0.001

Sodium

10

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

1.000

Added sugars

10

7.67 (6.39–8.06)

9.80 (8.57–10.0)

 < 0.001

Saturated fats

10

6.88 (6.17–7.28)

6.94 (6.63–7.36)

0.018

  1. aValues are medians (25th–75th percentiles). Median values of components may not add up to median total HEI scores.
  2. bDifferences in median scores were evaluated by Independent-Samples Mann–Whitney U test. Bold values represent significant differences.