100% Orange juice consumption is associated with better diet quality, improved nutrient adequacy, decreased risk for obesity, and improved biomarkers of health in adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2006

Table 4 Diet quality, as measured by healthy eating index and select usual intakes of MyPyramid food components among consumers and non-consumers of orange juice

	Usual intake	Percentile
Group	Mean ± SE	10	25	50	75	90
Healthy Eating Index, score
Consumer	55.0 ± 0.4^a	44.5	49.3	54.9	60.6	65.7
Non-Consumer	49.7 ± 0.3^b	38.4	43.5	49.4	55.6	61.4
Total dairy, cup equivalents
Consumer	1.6 ± 0.05	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.1	2.9
Non-Consumer	1.5 ± 0.002	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	2.8
Total fruit, cup equivalents
Consumer	1.8 ± 0.05^a	1.1	1.4	1.8	2.1	2.3
Non-Consumer	0.7 ± 0.02^b	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.4
Fruit juice, cup equivalents
Consumer	1.1 ± 0.03^a	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.3	1.4
Non-Consumer	0.2 ± 0.01^b	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2 0.4
Whole fruit, cup equivalents
Consumer	0.7 ± 0.03^a	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.4
Non-Consumer	0.5 ± 0.02^b	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.1
Total grain, ounce equivalents
Consumer	7.0 ± 0.1	4.2	5.3	6.7	8.4	10.0
Non-Consumer	6.8 ± 0.1	3.8	4.9	6.4	8.3	10.3
Whole grain, ounce equivalents
Consumer	0.8 ± 0.03^a	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.5
Non-Consumer	0.6 ± 0.02^b	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.9	1.3
Total vegetables, cup equivalents
Consumer	1.7 ± 0.03	0.9	1.2	1.6	2.0	2.5
Non-Consumer	1.6 ± 0.03	0.9	1.2	1.5	2.0	2.5

Data source: Adults 19 + years of age participating in NHANES 2003-2006 with consumers defined as orange juice consumption on either of two days of intake assessment.
n: 2,310 OJ consumers and 6,551 non-consumers.
Means with different letters are significantly different, p < 0.05.

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