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. 2013 Jun 17;17(7):1524–1530. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013001535

Table 3.

Serum leptin concentration (ng/ml) according to quartile (Q) of each dietary pattern in 1061 Chinese men and women in the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey in Jiangsu Province, China

Unadjusted Adjusted*
Men Women All Men Women All
Dietary pattern Mean† se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se Mean se
Western
Q1 0·8 0·1 5·4 0·1 2·0 0·1 1·2 0·1 5·7 0·1 2·7 0·1
Q2 1·6 0·1 8·8 0·1 4·5 0·1 1·7 0·1 8·8 0·1 4·3 0·1
Q3 2·0 0·1 9·2 0·1 4·5 0·1 1·4 0·1 8·7 0·1 4·0 0·1
Q4 2·2 0·1 11·0 0·1 5·0 0·1 1·8 0·1 10·7 0·1 4·8 0·1
P for trend <0·001 <0·001 <0·001 0·007 <0·001 <0·001
High-wheat
Q1 1·3 0·1 6·8 0·1 2·9 0·1 1·7 0·1 7·1 0·1 3·8 0·1
Q2 1·8 0·1 8·9 0·1 4·1 0·1 1·5 0·1 9·0 0·1 4·0 0·1
Q3 2·0 0·1 9·7 0·1 4·9 0·1 1·5 0·1 9·6 0·1 4·1 0·1
Q4 1·1 0·1 8·2 0·1 3·5 0·1 1·3 0·1 7·9 0·1 3·5 0·1
P for trend 0·005 0·052 0·001 0·505 0·081 0·344
Traditional
Q1 1·5 0·2 7·8 0·1 4·3 0·1 1·4 0·1 8·3 0·1 3·7 0·1
Q2 1·2 0·1 9·6 0·1 3·7 0·1 1·5 0·1 8·6 0·1 3·7 0·1
Q3 1·7 0·1 8·8 0·1 3·9 0·1 1·6 0·1 8·9 0·1 4·2 0·1
Q4 1·5 0·1 7·4 0·1 3·3 0·1 1·5 0·1 7·6 0·1 3·7 0·1
P for trend 0·446 0·197 0·290 0·859 0·550 0·411
Hedonic
Q1 3·2 0·2 9·8 0·1 6·8 0·1 2·0 0·1 8·7 0·1 4·4 0·1
Q2 1·5 0·2 7·7 0·1 4·5 0·1 1·6 0·1 8·3 0·1 3·9 0·1
Q3 1·1 0·1 7·8 0·1 3·2 0·1 1·3 0·1 8·0 0·1 3·6 0·1
Q4 1·3 0·1 7·7 0·1 2·0 0·1 1·4 0·1 8·1 0·1 3·6 0·1
P for trend <0·001 0·144 <0·001 0·060 0·858 0·137

MET, metabolic equivalent.

*ANCOVA, adjusted for sex (only adjusted in all participants), age, income (low/medium/high), total energy intake (kJ/d, kcal/d), physical activity (MET-h/week), smoking status (yes/no) and BMI.

†Geometric mean.