Associations of food group and nutrient intake, diet quality, and meal sizes between adults and children in the same household: a cross-sectional analysis of U.S. households

Table 3 Linear regression coefficients for selected food group and nutrient densities between children the female head of household (HH)*

	2-5 year olds	P	6-11 year olds	P	12-18 year olds	P
Meat density	0.34 ± 0.03	< 0.001	0.30 ± 0.03	< 0.001	0.28 ± 0.03	< 0.001
Grains density	0.28 ± 0.06	< 0.001	0.29 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.28 ± 0.04	< 0.001
Fruit density	0.22 ± 0.09	0.020	0.23 ± 0.07	0.001	0.21 ± 0.05	< 0.001
Vegetable density	0.20 ± 0.03	< 0.001	0.19 ± 0.03	< 0.001	0.19 ± 0.02	< 0.001
Milk density	0.26 ± 0.07	< 0.001	0.32 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.30 ± 0.03	< 0.001
Cholesterol density	0.27 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.27 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.25 ± 0.03	< 0.001
Fiber density	0.21 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.23 ± 0.03	< 0.001	0.19 ± 0.03	< 0.001
Iron density	0.20 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.15 ± 0.03	< 0.001	0.14 ± 0.02	< 0.001
Calcium density	0.30 ± 0.06	< 0.001	0.27 ± 0.05	< 0.001	0.25 ± 0.04	< 0.001
Folate density	0.16 ± 0.03	< 0.001	0.16 ± 0.03	< 0.001	0.16 ± 0.03	< 0.001
Vit. C density	0.18 ± 0.05	0.001	0.18 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.17 ± 0.03	< 0.001
Vit. A density	0.23 ± 0.02	< 0.001	0.24 ± 0.03	< 0.001	0.20 ± 0.03	< 0.001
Vit. B12 density	0.22 ± 0.02	< 0.001	0.22 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.16 ± 0.05	0.001

*Models controlled for household size, age, education level, ethnicity, and income.
** Food group and nutrient density: servings of food group or gram/milligram of nutrient per 1,000 kcal consumed

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