Table 7.
Association between the adapted KIDMED for adolescents (KIDMED_A) and nutritional biomarkers among adolescents aged 12·5–17·5 years from nine European countries, Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) study
| KIDMED_A (N 552) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | 95 % CI | P value | |
| Vitamin D (nmol/l) | 0·0137 | 0·0043, 0·0231 | 0·004 |
| Vitamin C (mg/dl) | 0·1065 | 0·0350, 0·1780 | 0·004 |
| Plasma folate (nmol/l) | 0·0349 | 0·0113, 0·0586 | 0·004 |
| Holo-transcobalamin (TC-II/B12) (pmol/l)* | 1·7400 | 0·5234, 2·956 | 0·005 |
| Total homocysteine (µmol/l) | −0·1073 | −0·1764, −0·0381 | 0·002 |
| β-Carotene (ng/ml) | 0·0021 | 0·0007, 0·0034 | 0·002 |
| Retinol (ng/ml) | 0·0005 | −0·0018, 0·0029 | 0·654 |
| TAG (mg/dl) | 0·0008 | −0·0050, 0·0067 | 0·774 |
| n-3 Fatty acids (µmol/l) | 0·0065 | 0·0015, 0·0116 | 0·010 |
| Trans-fatty acids (µmol/l) | −0·3855 | −0·7007, −0·0703 | 0·017 |
KIDMED, Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for children and adolescents; β, standardized regression coefficients.
Multilevel regression analyses with inclusion of a random intercept for centre and corrected for age and sex as independent variables. Bonferroni correction resulted in level of significance <0·005.
*
Variable was log-transformed to obtain a normal distribution.