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For cup equivalents of vegetables including legumes and excluding French fries, the model is:
E (Vegetables, no FF) = b0+ b1Kid + b2Teen + b5NFG5P5 + b7NFG7P7 + b8NFG8P8 +... + b12NFG12P12
The estimates of the regression parameters are:
| Parameter | Mean | Probability of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low: < 1.0 | High: ≥ 1.8 | ||
| Males | |||
| Intercept (b0) | 1.056355 | -0.205585 | -2.191196 |
| Age: Kid group (b1) | -0.631529 | 2.264878 | -2.587447 |
| Age: Teen group (b2) | -0.370708 | 1.224040 | -1.297804 |
| Salad (b5) | 1.529889 | -4.044997 | 3.760247 |
| Other potatoes (b7) | 0.219179 | -0.689752 | 0.683031 |
| Dried beans (b8) | 0.981670 | -2.444075 | 2.382066 |
| Other vegetables (b9) | 0.916892 | -2.422657 | 2.358101 |
| Pizza (b10) | -1.472300 | 4.423415 | -3.973935 |
| Salsa (b11) | 0.504779 | -1.961128 | 1.765534 |
| Tomato sauce (b12) | 0.470476 | -1.219234 | 1.100652 |
| Females | |||
| Intercept (b0) | 0.919549 | 0.351201 | -2.667898 |
| Age: Kid group (b1) | -0.378596 | 1.400217 | -1.757552 |
| Age: Teen group (b2) | -0.259383 | 0.914154 | -1.040627 |
| Salad (b5) | 1.541672 | -3.956331 | 3.872171 |
| Other potatoes (b7) | 0.247418 | -0.855008 | 0.851361 |
| Dried beans (b8) | 0.494175 | -1.467074 | 1.517472 |
| Other vegetables (b9) | 0.546789 | -1.520330 | 1.548827 |
| Pizza (b10) | -1.421344 | 4.438925 | -4.589146 |
| Salsa (b11) | -0.186827 | 0.661778 | -0.694625 |
| Tomato sauce2 (b12) | 0.456515 | -1.481988 | 1.675810 |
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