TABLE 1.
Participant characteristics across quartiles of the flavodiet score.
| Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Overall |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 30,266) | (N = 30,266) | (N = 30,266) | (N = 30,266) | (N = 121,064) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Female, (%) | 16,819 (55.6) | 16,952 (56.0) | 16,810 (55.5) | 17,144 (56.6) | 67,725 (55.9) |
| Age at baseline (years) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 57.6 (8.2) | 58.8 (7.9) | 59.4 (7.7) | 60.1 (7.4) | 59.0 (7.9) |
| Education | |||||
| Low, (%) | 6394 (21.1) | 5995 (19.8) | 6373 (21.1) | 5504 (18.2) | 24,266 (20.0) |
| Medium, (%) | 5475 (18.1) | 5018 (16.6) | 5160 (17.0) | 4906 (16.2) | 20,559 (17.0) |
| High, (%) | 18,397 (60.8) | 19,253 (63.6) | 18,733 (61.9) | 19,856 (65.6) | 76,239 (63.0) |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Never, (%) | 17,595 (58.1) | 17,610 (58.2) | 17,697 (58.5) | 17,090 (56.5) | 69,992 (57.8) |
| Previous, (%) | 10,174 (33.6) | 10,804 (35.7) | 10,651 (35.2) | 11,579 (38.3) | 43,208 (35.7) |
| Current, (%) | 2497 (8.3) | 1852 (6.1) | 1918 (6.3) | 1597 (5.3) | 7864 (6.5) |
| Deprivation index | |||||
| Mean (SD) | –1.4 (3.0) | –1.6 (2.8) | –1.8 (2.8) | –1.9 (2.7) | –1.7 (2.8) |
| Physical activity | |||||
| Low, (%) | 5421 (17.9) | 4540 (15.0) | 4568 (15.1) | 3753 (12.4) | 18,282 (15.1) |
| Moderate, (%) | 13,436 (44.4) | 14,171 (46.8) | 13,813 (45.6) | 14,001 (46.3) | 55,421 (45.8) |
| High, (%) | 6442 (21.3) | 6878 (22.7) | 6839 (22.6) | 7932 (26.2) | 28,091 (23.2) |
| Missing, (%) | 4967 (16.4) | 4677 (15.5) | 5046 (16.7) | 4580 (15.1) | 19,270 (15.9) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 27.2 (5.0) | 26.6 (4.5) | 26.5 (4.4) | 26.4 (4.3) | 26.7 (4.6) |
| Alcohol intake (g/d) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 15.0 (18.4) | 16.8 (18.7) | 16.3 (18.9) | 20.2 (21.9) | 17.1 (19.7) |
| Energy intake (KJ/d) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 8221.3 (2085.4) | 8484.1 (2013.4) | 8690.1 (2032.4) | 9041.3 (2095.0) | 8609.2 (2078.6) |
| Fiber Intake (g/d) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 15.8 (5.2) | 17.3 (5.3) | 18.0 (5.4) | 20.6 (6.2) | 17.9 (5.8) |
| FDS (servings/d) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 1.3 (0.7) | 3.2 (0.4) | 4.5 (0.4) | 6.3 (1.0) | 3.8 (1.9) |
| Prevalent T2DM, (%) | 582 (1.9) | 515 (1.7) | 516 (1.7) | 512 (1.7) | 2125 (1.8) |
| Incident NAFLD, (%) | 308 (1.0) | 279 (0.9) | 268 (0.9) | 226 (0.7) | 1081 (0.9) |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; FDS, flavodiet score; KJ, kilojoule; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Q1–Q4, quantile; SD, standard deviation; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.