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. 2023 Nov 8;131(6):1053–1063. doi: 10.1017/S0007114523002520

Table 3.

Diet quality indicators by whole and by quartile of ORCHID score (n 696)

(Mean values and standard deviations; 95 % confidence intervals)

All Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Indicators Mean sd Cor-Pearson p-value Pearson Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI
PANDiet 64·5 6·0 0·43 P < 0·001 61·2 60·1, 62·3 63·4 62·3, 64·4 66·0 64·8, 67·1 67·3 66·5, 68·1
SED (kcal/100 g) 141·4 33·8 -0·37 P < 0·001 158·0 149·3, 166·6 145·4 138·9, 151·8 134·0 127·6, 140·3 128·4 123,0 133·8
Fibres (g/d) 20·2 7·3 0·33 P < 0·001 17·4 15·9, 18·9 18·9 17·7, 20·0 21·1 18·8, 23·4 23·6 22·4, 24·8
Adequacy sub-score 66·3 16·1 0·31 P < 0·001 59·8 55·8, 63·9 63·9 60·6, 67·1 68·2 64·3, 72·1 73·2 71·0, 75·5
MAR (% adequacy) 84·6 10·7 0·30 P < 0·001 79·9 76·9, 82·9 83·4 81·3, 85·6 86·2 84·0, 88·3 89·1 87·8, 90·4
Total food intakes (g/d) 2698·4 809·5 0·18 P < 0·001 2534·5 2353·9, 2715·2 2606·8 2441·6, 2772·0 2754·4 2561·0, 2947·8 2900·1 2774·9, 3025·3
Proteins (g/kg/d) 1·1 0·4 0·12 P < 0·001 1·0 0·9, 1·1 1·1 1·0, 1·2 1·1 1·1, 1·2 1·2 1·1, 1·2
Na (mg/d) 3231·3 1418·0 0·07 0·06 3019·4 2711·3, 3327·5 3114·1 2820·7, 3407·6 3428·0 2997·3, 3858·6 3369·5 3142·3, 3596·6
Saturated fat (% energy) 29·9 13·7 -0·06 0·13 30·6 27·0, 34·1 29·4 26·5, 32·3 29·7 26·1, 33·3 30·0 27·8, 32·1
Sugars (g/d) 83·4 37·3 0·02 0·72 81·5 71·2, 91·9 81·4 74·8, 88·1 77·8 70·9, 84·7 92·6 87·1, 98·1
Energy intake (kcal/d) 1878·7 660·7 0·02 0·62 1846·8 1679·6, 2014·0 1837·2 1718·1, 1956·2 1893·3 1685·5, 2101·0 1938·8 1841·3, 2036·4
Moderation sub-score 62·7 11·9 0·02 0·67 62·7 59·7, 65·6 62·9 60·2, 65·5 63·8 61·0, 66·5 61·3 59·5, 63·2

SED, solid energy density; MAR, mean adequacy ratio.