Serum carotenoids are strongly associated with dermal carotenoids but not self-reported fruit and vegetable intake among overweight and obese women

Table 3 Pearson’s partial correlations between log serum carotenoids, log dermal carotenoids, and self-reported FVI ^1,2

	Log serum carotenoids	Log dermal carotenoid score	Modified AHA tool FVI (cups/day)	Log FVS FVI (cups/day)	Log 24-h recall FVI (cups/day)
Log serum carotenoids		0.71*	0.18	0.17	0.09
Log dermal carotenoid score			0.23	0.15	0.15
Modified AHA tool FVI (cups/day)				0.71*	0.40*
Log FVS FVI (cups/day)					0.47*
Log 24-h recall FVI (cups/day) ³	0.09	0.16	0.44	0.51

¹n = 157
²FVI Fruit and vegetable intake, FVS National Cancer Institute All-day Fruit and Vegetable Screener, AHA American Heart Association. Adjusted correlations control for the effects of age (years), state, log total serum cholesterol (mg/dL), and BMI (kg/m2)
³De-attenuated coefficients for the 24-h recall correlations are presented below the diagonal
Bonferroni corrected significance denoted: * P < 0.00067 (99% confidence)

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