HEI-2005 Components2 Usual Rice Intake (oz eq)1  
<0.25 ≥ 0.25 - <0.5 ≥ 0.5 - <1.0 ≥ 1.0 Beta SE Quartile Trend P-value
LSM SE LSM SE LSM SE LSM SE
Total fruit   2.43 0.11 2.55 0.05 2.76 0.10 2.81 0.16 0.15 0.07 0.0310
Whole fruit   1.80 0.12 2.01 0.06 2.26 0.10 2.45 0.16 0.23 0.06 0.0008
Total vegetable   2.57 0.08 2.05 0.04 2.30 0.07 2.45 0.15 -0.01 0.04 0.7579
Dark green and orange vegetables  0.57 0.07 0.56 0.03 1.01 0.07 1.37 0.16 0.29 0.05 <0.0001
Total grains   4.53 0.04 4.42 0.02 4.52 0.03 4.78 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.0020
Whole grains   0.94 0.06 0.90 0.04 0.94 0.05 0.90 0.10 0.001 0.04 0.9748
Milk   6.98 0.16 6.93 0.07 7.02 0.16 5.97 0.27 -0.13 0.08 0.1215
Meat and beans   6.32 0.19 6.68 0.07 7.07 0.12 7.39 0.23 0.37 0.08 <0.0001
Oils   5.39 0.16 5.40 0.06 5.40 0.15 5.48 0.31 0.01 0.09 0.8811
Saturated fatty acids3 5.61 0.16 5.05 0.07 5.94 0.11 7.17 0.24 0.48 0.09 <0.0001
Sodium3 3.93 0.14 4.35 0.08 3.96 0.14 3.35 0.26 -0.16 0.07 0.0229
Solid fats, alcohol, and added sugars (SoFAAS)3 9.21 0.26 8.53 0.15 10.52 0.23 13.01 0.45 1.21 0.14 <0.0001
1 Values are presented as least-square means ± SE.
2 Adjusted for gender, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status (PIR 0-1.25, 1.25-3.5, >=3.25), physical activity level (sedentary, moderate, active), current smoking status, and alcohol consumption.
3 Reversed scored – i.e., the higher the score, the lower the intake points.
Table 2: Association between usual rice intake and healthy eating index-20051 components in children.