Trends in the dietary patterns of Mexican adults by sociodemographic characteristics

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Healthy Eating Index score by sociodemographic stratum and survey year ¹

Strata	2006 n = 14,040 Median (95% IC)	P	2012 n = 2027 Median (95% IC)	P	2016 n = 5729 Median (95% IC)	P
Age
20–39	44.0 (43.3–44.7)		43.6 (42.3–45.0)		42.9 (41.9–44.0)
40–59	47.6 (46.8–48.5)	< 0.001	43.9 (42.5–45.3)	0.783	47.1 (46.3–48.0)	< 0.001
Sex
Male	44.2 (43.3–45.1)		42.5 (41.1–43.9)		43.1 (42.0–44.2)
Female	46.4 (45.7–47.1)	< 0.001	44.8 (43.5–46.2)	0.018	46.1 (45.2–47.0)	< 0.001
Socioeconomic status
Low	47.9 (47.0–48.7)		47.6 (46.2–48.9)		47.6 (45.9–49.2)
Medium	44.5 (43.6–45.5)	< 0.0001^a	42.1 (40.2–44.0)	< 0.001^a	43.2 (41.8–44.6)	0.001^a
High	44.6 (43.6–45.6)		42.7 (41.0–44.5)		44.2 (43.2–45.2)
Area
Urban	43.9 (43.3–44.5)		42.3 (41.2–43.4)		42.9 (42.1–43.8)
Rural	52.7 (51.6–53.8)	< 0.001	48.5 (46.7–50.4)	< 0.001	49.7 (48.4–51.1)	< 0.001
Region
North	43.8 (54.0–55.5)		39.5 (37.9–41.1)		41.4 (40.1–42.7)
Center	47.9 (58.2–59.8)		43.8 (42.1–45.4)		46.2 (44.9–47.6)
Mexico City	41.3 (52.8–54.4)	< 0.001^abc	42.5 (39.4–45.5)	< 0.05^acd	42.4 (40.6–44.1)	< 0.05^abc
South	47.5 (57.9–59.2)		47.3 (45.6–49.0)		47.4 (40.6–48.8)
Total HEI-2015 score²	45.7 (45.2–46.2)	< 0.001^a	43.7 (42.8–44.6)	0.029^b	44.9 (44.2–45.6)	0.079^c

¹Medians adjusted by age, sex, socioeconomic status, area and region. ²Medians adjusted by age, sex, socioeconomic status, area, region and survey year. Socioeconomic status (SES):^alow SES vs. medium and high SES, ^bmedium SES vs. high SES. Region:^aNorth vs. Center and South, ^bCenter vs. Mexico City, ^cMexico City vs South, ^d Center vs South. Survey year:^a2006 vs 2012, ^b2012 vs 2016, ^c2006 vs 2016

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