Table 4.
DHD2015-index score and its component scores in runners with and without current or past tendinopathy
| Men (n=891) | Women (n=1095) | |||||
| No LLT (n=530) | LLT (n=361) | P value* | No LLT (n=767) | LLT (n=328) | P value* | |
| DHD2015-index total score | 88.6 (76.6–99.7) | 89.0 (77.7–100.9) | 0.337 | 96.0 (84.5–105.6) | 97.6 (86.4–107.3) | 0.053 |
| DHD2015-index component scores | ||||||
| 1. Vegetables | 6.8 (3.8–10.0) | 6.8 (4.1–10.0) | 0.904 | 9.1 (5.8–10.0) | 9.9 (6.1–10.0) | 0.224 |
| 2. Fruit | 10.0 (5.1–10.0) | 10.0 (4.9–10.0) | 0.990 | 10.0 (6.4–10.0) | 10.0 (6.3–10.0) | 0.683 |
| 3a. Wholegrain products intake | 5.0 (4.8–5.0) | 5.0 (5.0–5.0) | 0.538 | 4.8 (2.4–5.0) | 4.3 (2.2–5.0) | 0.124 |
| 3b. Ratio of wholegrain/refined grains | 5.0 (2.6–5.0) | 5.0 (3.0–5.0) | 0.432 | 5.0 (3.2–5.0) | 5.0 (3.4–5.0) | 0.593 |
| 3. Wholegrain products total† | 10.0 (7.0–10.0) | 10.0 (7.3–10.0) | 0.428 | 8.9 (6.2–10.0) | 8.7 (6.2–10.0) | 0.592 |
| 4. Legumes | 10.0 (5.5–10.0) | 10.0 (6.4–10.0) | 0.878 | 10.0 (4.9–10.0) | 10.0 (7.3–10.0) | 0.042 |
| 5. Nuts | 7.9 (2.6–10.0) | 8.8 (3.2–10.0) | 0.175 | 7.7 (2.5–10.0) | 9.0 (3.8–10.0) | 0.012 |
| 6. Dairy | 6.6 (3.4–9.4) | 6.8 (2.9–9.8) | 0.698 | 5.8 (2.7–8.9) | 6.4 (3.0–9.3) | 0.151 |
| 7. Fish | 6.3 (2.7–9.9) | 6.3 (2.9–10.0) | 0.478 | 6.4 (1.8–10.0) | 7.0 (2.9–9.9) | 0.279 |
| 8. Tea | 1.8 (0.0–7.4) | 2.6 (0.1–7.6) | 0.045 | 6.5 (1.6–10.0) | 6.5 (0.9–10.0) | 0.312 |
| 9. Fats and oils | 10.0 (1.8–10.0) | 10.0 (1.8–10.0) | 0.588 | 10.0 (1.7–10.0) | 10.0 (1.3–10.0) | 0.691 |
| 11. Red meat | 10.0 (7.5–10.0) | 10.0 (6.9–10.0) | 0.387 | 10.0 (8.6–10.0) | 10.0 (8.6–10.0) | 0.587 |
| 12. Processed meat | 4.9 (0.7–8.0) | 5.4 (1.3–8.4) | 0.166 | 7.4 (4.2–9.7) | 7.7 (5.1–9.7) | 0.449 |
| 13. Sweetened beverages and fruit juices | 7.6 (3.4–9.4) | 7.9 (3.7–9.4) | 0.432 | 9.0 (7.0–9.9) | 9.0 (6.5–10.0) | 0.837 |
| 14. Alcohol | 10.0 (8.7–10.0) | 10.0 (8.6–10.0) | 0.800 | 10.0 (10.0–10.0) | 10.0 (10.0–10.0) | 0.966 |
| 16. Unhealthy choices | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.965 | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.620 |
Data are presented as median (25–75th percentile).
Component 10 (coffee) and 15 (salt) could not be calculated from FFQ data.
*P values were obtained with a Mann-Whitney U test; statistical significance (p<0.05) is indicated in bold.
†Sum score of components 3a and 3b.
DHD2015-index, Dutch Healthy Diet index 2015; FFQ, Food Frequency Questionnaire; LLT, lower limb tendinopathy.