Dependent Variables, Preference Index   Independent Variables Ethnicity1 Gender2 Age     Standardized regression coefficient1 Vegetables I3 -0.082  0.094  0.133 II4 -0.069  0.091 0.136 Snacks I -0.164  0.019 0.161 II -0.161  0.006 0.150 Beverages I -0.158 -0.001 0.200 II -0.157 -0.012 0.197* Dairy Foods I -0.121 -0.105 0.108 II -0.134 -0.117 0.101 Grains and Cereals I  0.078 -0.119 0.109 II  0.067 -0.107 0.106 Not Sweetened Foods I -0.074 -0.009 0.149 II -0.069 -0.012 0.140 Sweetened Foods I -0.167 -0.032 0.174 II -0.170  0.046 0.170 Sweetened Snacks I -0.172 -0.045 0.142 II -0.178 -0.061 0.137 Sweetened Beverages I -0.150 -0.027 0.204* II -0.152 -0.038 0.200* 1Ethnicities coded as follows: African American = 1; Latino = 2. 2Genders coded as follows: Male = 1; Female = 2. 3Individual bivariate unadjusted standardized regression coefficients determined using three separate regression equations. 4Multivariate adjusted standardized regression coefficients, with ethnicity, gender and age entered simultaneously into each model. *p≤.05.

Table 3: Regression Analysis: Association of ethnicity, gender and age of participant with scores for food preference indices (n=106).