Table 2.

Participants’ characteristics and lipid profile by dietary pattern (Whole group)

	Pattern 1					Pattern 2
	T1 (low)	T2	T3 (high)	P for trend	T1 (low)	T2	T3 (high)	P for trend
Age (years)	63.50	61.73	65.00	0.034	63.27	63.27	63.74	0.913
Weight (kg)	68.92	65.67	65.82	0.448	67.60	69.48	63.43	0.094
BMI (kg/m2)	26.58	25.25	25.14	0.337	26.61	26.65	23.76	0.007
WC (cm)	80.72	78.27	79.22	0.736	80.32	82.20	75.82	0.102
AEE (kJ/min)	975.27	1063.51	1849.68	0.265	554.56	1498.53	1835.90	0.079
Energy Intake (kJ)	6397.32	8402.06	9881.90	< 0.001	8607.27	8136.98	8009.05	0.704
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.64	5.79	5.78	0.813	5.59	5.69	5.94	0.362
TG (mmol/L)	1.32	1.47	1.50	0.679	1.40	1.42	1.47	0.958
HDL (mmol/L)	1.84	1.78	1.80	0.935	1.68	1.78	1.96	0.111
LDL (mmol/L)	3.20	3.33	3.29	0.871	3.27	3.25	3.31	0.974
	Pattern 3					Pattern 4
	T1 (low)	T2	T3 (high)	P for trend	T1 (low)	T2	T3 (high)	P for trend
Age (years)	63.35	62.92	64.00	0.698	62.96	63.92	63.41	0.759
Weight (kg)	64.60	66.23	69.44	0.227	64.67	66.88	68.75	0.365
BMI (kg/m2)	24.51	25.76	26.64	0.140	25.14	25.65	26.14	0.652
WC (cm)	76.59	78.03	83.43	0.062	77.74	78.98	81.40	0.486
AEE (kJ/min)	1879.96	737.96	1292.31	0.159	816.65	1798.88	1294.29	0.259
Energy Intake (kJ)	8366.46	7591.91	8765.82	0.279	7050.09	8632.63	9031.26	0.017
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.66	5.80	5.74	0.858	5.88	5.96	5.39	0.049
TG (mmol/L)	1.25	1.47	1.56	0.367	1.38	1.60	1.31	0.402
HDL (mmol/L)	1.90	1.76	1.77	0.552	1.83	1.72	1.87	0.538
LDL (mmol/L)	3.20	3.37	3.25	0.793	3.42	3.51	2.92	0.032

BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, AEE Activity energy expenditure, TG Triglycerides

HDL High density lipoprotein, LDL Low density lipoprotein, T1 Tertile 1, T2 Tertile 2, T3 Tertile 3 of the dietary pattern