Table 2.

Spearman partial correlations among protein exposures in 5823 participants in MESA.

	Protein Intake from Animal Sources (g/Day)	Protein Intake from Plant Sources (g/Day)	Count of Total Protein Intake	Dissimilarity of Total Protein Sources
Total protein intake (g/day)	0.87	0.13	0.37	−0.19
Protein intake from animal sources (g/day)		−0.30	0.33	−0.24
Protein intake from plant sources (g/day)			0.12	0.12
Count of total protein sources

Correlations were adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and energy intake. Only statistically significant coefficients are shown.