Sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with diet quality among low-income community health center patients with hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Identify the most important sociodemographic and behavioral factors related to the diet of low-income adults with hypertension in order to guide the development of a community health worker (CHW) healthy eating intervention for low-income populations with hypertension.

Design

In this cross-sectional analysis, dietary recalls were used to assess Healthy Eating Index-2020 (HEI-2020) total (range: 0 to 100 [best diet quality]) and component scores and sodium intake. Self-reported sociodemographic and behavioral data were entered into a Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) regression model to determine the relative importance of factors related to diet quality.

Setting

Five community health centers in Boston, Massachusetts.

Participants

SUBMITTER: Cheng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11730379 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature