Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics, at baseline, of study group, stratified by tertiles of dietary pattern scores, N=1,240
| Characteristics1 | DASH Diet Score | aMed Diet Score | DII Diet Score | ||||||
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| T:<=22 | T3:>=28 | P value | T1:<=3 | T3:>=9 | P value | T1:<=−3.49 | T3:>=4.54 | P value | |
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| Age; Mean (SD) | 61.17 (6.66) | 63.97 (6.92) | <0.001 | 61.81 (6.83) | 63.41 (6.95) | 0.007 | 63.89 (6.73) | 60.74 (6.78) | <0.001 |
| Region; N (%) | <0.001 | 0.141 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Northeast | 193 (40.4) | 125 (39.6) | 206 (41.7) | 94 (36.0) | 138 (34.6) | 181 (41.6) | |||
| South | 151 (31.6) | 59 (18.7) | 132 (26.7) | 60 (23.0) | 83 (20.8) | 132 (30.3) | |||
| West | 134 (28.0) | 132 (41.8) | 156 (31.6) | 107 (41.0) | 178 (44.6) | 122 (28.0) | |||
| BMI (kg/m2); Mean (SD) | 29.05 (6.11) | 27.34 (5.42) | <0.001 | 28.22 (5.70) | 27.74 (5.90) | 0.540 | 26.85 (5.05) | 29.55 (6.34) | <0.001 |
| Education status; N (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Less than high school degree | 178 (37.2) | 51 (16.1) | 175 (35.4) | 33 (12.6) | 80 (20.1) | 145 (33.3) | |||
| Post high school/some college | 185 (38.7) | 105 (33.2) | 188 (38.1) | 85 (32.6) | 140 (35.1) | 168 (38.6) | |||
| College degree or higher | 115 (24.1) | 160 (50.6) | 131 (26.5) | 143 (54.8) | 179 (44.9) | 122 (28.0) | |||
| Income; N (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Less than $34,999 | 257 (56.7) | 125 (41.7) | 260 (55.1) | 98 (40.2) | 149 (39.3) | 235 (56.5) | |||
| Greater than $35,000 | 196 (43.3) | 175 (58.3) | 212 (44.9) | 146 (59.8) | 230 (60.7) | 181 (43.5) | |||
| Alcohol intake, drinks/wk; N (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.003 | ||||||
| 0 drinks/week | 184 (38.5) | 89 (28.2) | 179 (36.2) | 63 (24.1) | 111 (27.8) | 153 (35.2) | |||
| <1 drink/week | 176 (36.8) | 110 (34.8) | 195 (39.5) | 72 (27.6) | 132 (33.1) | 164 (37.7) | |||
| 1–6 drinks/week | 83 (17.4) | 90 (28.5) | 75 (15.2) | 101 (38.7) | 119 (29.8) | 77 (17.7) | |||
| 7+ drinks/week | 35 (7.3) | 27 (8.5) | 45 (9.1) | 25 (9.6) | 37 (9.3) | 41 (9.4) | |||
| Smoking status; N (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Never Smoked | 271 (57.7) | 178 (56.7) | 278 (57.0) | 135 (52.5) | 225 (57.0) | 231 (53.8) | |||
| Past Smoker | 150 (31.9) | 131 (41.7) | 163 (33.4) | 116 (45.1) | 160 (40.5) | 154 (35.9) | |||
| Current Smoker | 49 (10.4) | 5 (1.6) | 47 (9.6) | 6 (2.3) | 10 (2.5) | 44 (10.3) | |||
| Total physical activity, MET-hr/wk, quartiles; N (%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| <1.87 | 146 (35.9) | 48 (16.6) | 146 (34.2) | 38 (16.2) | 61 (16.4) | 135 (37.1) | |||
| >1.92–7.5 | 112 (27.5) | 62 (21.5) | 111 (26.0) | 60 (25.5) | 91 (24.4) | 101 (27.7) | |||
| >7.75–16.6 | 82 (20.1) | 74 (25.6) | 91 (21.3) | 51 (21.7) | 107 (28.7) | 62 (17.0) | |||
| >16.75 | 67 (16.5) | 105 (36.3) | 79 (18.5) | 86 (36.6) | 114 (30.6) | 66 (18.1) | |||
| Dietary Energy (kcal); Mean (SD) | 1656.58 (751.47) | 1687.12 (634.35) | 0.812 | 1434.34 (622.95) | 2018.49 (747.01) | <0.001 | 1419.60 (493.92) | 1910.78 (819.38) | <0.001 |
| Dietary Animal Protein (g); Mean (SD) | 49.04 (25.15) | 49.39 (26.31) | 0.975 | 42.25 (20.21) | 58.11 (28.35) | <0.001 | 41.61 (18.71) | 55.77 (29.02) | <0.001 |
| Dietary Vegetable Protein (g); Mean (SD) | 17.59 (7.92) | 24.87 (9.09) | <0.001 | 15.71 (7.04) | 28.13 (9.04) | <0.001 | 20.56 (8.54) | 20.43 (8.86) | 0.344 |
Abbreviations: MET, metabolic equivalent; DASH, Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension; aMed, Alternative Mediterranean Diet; DII, Dietary Inflammation Index; BMI, Body Mass Index
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Missing data are as follows: BMI, n=8; income, n=65; smoking, n=15; physical activity n=145; dietary energy, n=1; dietary animal protein, n=1; dietary vegetable protein, n=1