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Table 4 Children's food security and demographic correlates of children's nutrient intakes from multiple regression models1

From: Children's very low food security is associated with increased dietary intakes in energy, fat, and added sugar among Mexican-origin children (6-11 y) in Texas border Colonias

 

Energy

Protein

Fiber

Calcium

Vitamin D

Potassium

Sodium

Vitamin C

Fat

Added Sugar

 

(kcal)

(g)

(g)

(mg)

(mcg)

(mg)

(mg)

(mg)

(% kcal)

(% kcal)

Food security

          

   Marginal

238.06 (142.06)

2.34 (8.16)

-0.65

(2.21)

270.57 (109.28)**

1.93 (1.24)

-96.78 (235.54)

-62.01 (288.16)

-16.45

(25.06)

0.16 (2.22)

4.15 (2.14)

   Low

166.71 (140.92)

8.54 (7.39)

0.16 (2.02)

91.00 (102.56)

0.60 (1.09)

-109.31 (190.62)

377.84 (371.94)

-30.17

(21.19)

2.25 (1.77)

1.65 (1.48)

   Very low

377.16 (169.91)*

10.54 (9.32)

-0.94 (2.30)

187.29 (139.25)*

1.71 (1.40)

22.11 (275.27)

278.73 (365.86)

-3.68

(25.64)

0.97 (1.80)

6.82 (2.05)***

Female

-118.83 (124.52)

-5.51 (6.87)

-1.20 (1.89)

-189.29 (84.62)*

-0.86 (0.82)

-130.99 (194.59)

-124.02 (362.36)

0.66 (19.27)

-1.44 (1.40)

2.31 (1.56)

Age

-48.27 (54.08)

-2.24 (2.58)

0.89 (0.69)

-83.56 (29.02)**

-1.18 (0.28)***

-67.15 (76.77)

-30.30 (115.29)

-6.74 (6.44)

-0.35 (0.45)

0.04 (0.54)

BMI status

          

   Overweight

-60.29 (150.37)

-4.65 (8.32)

0.65 (2.16)

50.17 (79.68)

0.42 (0.77)

-183.03 (210.69)

7.43 (440.01)

-3.19 (21.13)

-0.85 (1.77)

0.12 (1.62)

   Obese

22.25 (121.58)

2.09 (7.37)

0.35 (1.44)

50.11 (109.81)

1.05 (1.04)

-11.24 (202.18)

-81.29 (300.96)

-21.66 (17.85)

-1.87 (1.64)

2.02 (1.68)

Country of birth

          

   Mexico

78.80 (118.59)

3.73 (6.49)

1.66 (2.13)

-53.06 (80.62)

-0.85 (0.59)

43.00 (211.25)

689.84 (337.07)*

-10.73 (20.01)

0.76 (1.44)

0.23 (1.73)

R 2

0.271

0.156

0.120

0.353

0.478

0.078

0.220

0.118

0.145

0.290

  1. 1 Coefficients are reported; robust SEs are in parenthesis and are corrected with the White-Huber correction. There were 50 observations. Reference categories (variables) omitted to prevent perfect collinearity: food security (food secure), female (male), BMI status (Normal/Underweight), and country of birth (U.S.). Age was entered as a continuous variable
  2. * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001