Table 1

Daily consumption of food groupings derived from the Food Frequency Questionaire among Framingham women, by dietary cluster (n= 1828). Mean number of servings per day and 95% CI

	Clusters mean (95% CI)
	Heart healthy	Light eating	Wine and moderate eating	High fat	Empty calorie
Food groupings	n=366	n=872	n=64	n=370	n=156
^a,b,c,dMeans with the same letter are not significantly different from each other (p≥.05); means that are in bold face are significantly highest; means that are underlined and bold are significantly *lowest.*
Vegetables	3.91 ^b (3.70 to 4.11)	2.59^a (2.51 to 2.67)	3.16^c (2.80 to 3.52)	2.75^a (2.61 to 2.88)	2.55 ^a (2.33 to 2.77)
Fruits and low fat milk	4.33 ^b (4.10 to 4.56)	2.45^a (2.36 to 2.54)	2.44^a (2.07 to 2.82)	2.39 ^a (2.23 to 2.54)	2.56^a (2.31 to 2.80)
Other low fat foods	5.07 ^c (4.79 to 5.34)	2.7 ^b (2.63 to 2.87)	2.79^a,b (2.36 to 3.22)	2.44 ^a (2.27 to 2.62)	3.06^b (2.69 to 3.42)
Legumes, soups, and miscellaneous foods	0.36 ^b (0.33 to 0.40)	0.19 ^a (0.18 to 0.20)	0.22^a (0.18 to 0.26)	0.19 ^a (0.17 to 0.20)	0.21^a (0.18 to 0.24)
Refined grains, soft margarine and oils	3.42^a (3.23 to 3.61)	2.6 ^b (2.51 to 2.71)	2.86^b,c (2.41 to 3.32)	3.66 ^a (3.42 to 3.91)	2.96^c (2.67 to 3.24)
Diet beverages and firm vegetable fats	2.44 ^c (2.24 to 2.64)	3.37 ^b (3.23 to 3.51)	3.49^b (3.09 to 3.89)	4.17 ^a (3.97 to 4.37)	3.54^b (3.23 to 3.86)
Sweets and animal fats	1.12^b (0.99 to 1.24)	1.05 ^b (0.98 to 1.12)	1.75^c (1.28 to 2.23)	4.45 ^a (4.22 to 4.68)	2.49^d (2.16 to 2.82)
Desserts	0.85^b (0.77 to 0.93)	1.15^a (1.06 to 1.23)	0.58 ^b (0.41 to 0.75)	1.25^a (1.14 to 1.35)	1.30 ^a (1.13 to 1.46)
Sweetened beverages	0.30^a,b (0.25 to 0.35)	0.27 ^b (0.24 to 0.30)	0.23 ^a,b (0.15 to 0.31)	0.34^a (0.29 to 0.39)	2.74 ^c (2.58 to 2.90)
Wine and cholesterol rich foods	0.43^b (0.39 to 0.46)	0.46^b (0.43 to 0.48)	2.77 ^c (2.66 to 2.89)	0.36^a (0.33 to 0.39)	0.34 ^a (0.30 to 0.39)
High fat dairy and snack foods	0.69^a (0.64 to 0.75)	0.78^b (0.73 to 0.82)	0.92 ^b (0.76 to 1.08)	0.67 ^a (0.62 to 0.71)	0.79^b (0.70 to 0.88)
Meats and mixed dishes	0.72^a (0.67 to 0.76)	0.70^a (0.68 to 0.73)	0.80^a (0.69 to 0.92)	0.88^a (0.82 to 0.94)	0.92^a (0.84 to 0.99)
Fattier poultry and beer	0.12^a (0.10 to 0.14)	0.20^a (0.17 to 0.22)	0.15^a (0.09 to 0.20)	0.14^a (0.12 to 0.16)	0.16^a (0.12 to 0.19)