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. 2014 Feb 25;17(12):2674–2686. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014000111

Table 2.

Food group intakes by latent class group; men and women aged 50–69 years at baseline in 1998 and at 10-year follow up in 2008, Cork and Kerry Diabetes and Heart Disease Study, Republic of Ireland

Western (n 125) Healthy (n 135) Low-Energy (n 43)
1998 Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd P value
DASH score components (servings/d)
Whole grains 2·4 2·7 3·2 2·6 2·2 2·6 0·036
Fruits 1·3 1·5 2·3 1·8 0·9 1·9 <0·001
Vegetables 1·9 1·9 2·6 2·3 1·1 1·3 <0·001
Legumes 0·3 0·9 0·3 0·5 0·08 0·1 0·192
Low-fat dairy 0·8 1·7 1·5 1·9 1·2 1·9 0·053
Salty snacks 0·3 0·3 0·3 0·3 0·1 1·2 <0·001
Sweet snacks 3·8 3·2 1·7 1·9 1·2 2·0 <0·001
Red meat 1·3 1·1 0·8 0·7 0·6 0·7 <0·001
Dietary salt (g/d) 8·8 3·4 7·4 2·8 6·3 3·5 <0·001
Mean DASH score 21·1 3·8 25·9 4·5 22·4 3·8 <0·001
kJ/d 9635 3372 8096 2503 6526 2510 <0·001
kcal/d 2302·8 806·0 1934·9 598·2 1559·8 599·8 <0·001
Western (n 72) Healthy (n 176) Low-Energy (n 55)
2008 Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd P value
DASH score components (servings/d)
Whole grains 3·8 3·6 3·2 2·0 3·1 1·9 0·242
Fruits 1·8 1·3 2·5 2·0 1·8 1·2 0·0027
Vegetables 2·8 1·2 4·2 2·3 2·8 1·6 <0·001
Legumes 0·2 0·2 0·4 0·4 0·3 0·5 0·148
Low-fat dairy 0·3 0·3 0·3 0·3 0·3 0·3 0·972
Salty snacks 0·4 0·4 0·4 0·4 0·4 0·4 0·871
Sweet snacks 4·5 3·5 1·6 1·7 2·4 2·7 <0·001
Red meat 1·4 1·0 1·1 0·6 1·1 0·9 0·035
Dietary salt (g/d) 9·5 3·6 8·0 2·8 7·0 3·2 <0·001
Mean DASH score 18·2 5·1 22·4 5·8 17·6 5·7 <0·001
kJ/d 9251 2909 7832 2615 6306 2808 <0·001
kcal/d 2211·1 695·3 1871·9 624·9 1507·2 671·2 <0·001

DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.