Nutrition Journal

Table 5 Pearson’s correlations between purchase pattern scores and energy and nutrient densities

From: Food purchase patterns: empirical identification and analysis of their association with diet quality, socio-economic factors, and attitudes

	Natural score		Processed score		Traditional score
	coeff.	p-value	coeff.	p-value	coeff.	p-value
Micronutrients
Vitamin D ^a	0.168	<0.001	−0.150	<0.001	0.069	<0.001
Vitmain E ^a	0.090	<0.001	−0.053	<0.001	−0.035	<0.001
Folic acid ^a	0.278	<0.001	−0.143	<0.001	−0.210	<0.001
Vitamin B12 ^a	0.032	<0.001	−0.116	<0.001	0.107	<0.001
Vitamin C ^a	0.267	<0.001	−0.147	<0.001	−0.109	<0.001
Calcium^b	0.025	<0.01	0.045	<0.001	−0.355	<0.001
Magnesium^b	0.166	<0.001	−0.080	<0.001	−0.273	<0.001
Iron ^a	0.070	<0.001	−0.085	<0.001	−0.028	<0.01
Iodine ^a	0.029	<0.01	−0.016	0.061	0.026	<0.05
Fluoride ^a	0.000	0.999	−0.018	<0.05	0.069	<0.001
Energy and macronutrients
Energy^c	−0.308	<0.001	0.007	0.442	0.202	<0.001
Sugar^d	0.004	0.658	0.120	<0.001	−0.139	<0.001
Fat^e	−0.076	<0.001	−0.140	<0.001	0.361	<0.001
P/S-quotient^f	−0.073	<0.001	0.099	<0.001	−0.067	<0.001
Dietary fiber ^b	0.149	<0.001	−0.109	<0.001	−0.121	<0.001

^aμg/100 kcal, ^b mg/100 kcal, ^c kcal/100 g food, ^d percentage of calories from sugar (sucrose), ^e percentage of calories from fat, ^f PUFAs/SFAs

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