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Table 3.

Comparisons of participants’ proportions by tertiles of nutrient pattern scores

Tertiles of nutrient patterns scores	Black participants	White participants	P value
‘Animal protein and saturated fat’ nutrient pattern
T1	75·6^a	24·4^b	<0·001
T2	55·2^a	44·8^b
T3	19·7^a	80·3^b
‘Magnesium, potassium, Ca, phosphorus and fibre’ nutrient pattern
T1	74·6^a	25·4^b	<0·001
T2	51·2^a	48·8^a
T3	24·9^a	75·1^b
‘Plant protein, B-vitamins, zinc, and iron’ nutrient pattern
T1	35·4^a	64·3^b	0·005
T2	51·4^a	48·6^a
T3	63·8^a	36·2^b
‘Vitamin E and PUFA’ nutrient pattern
T1	52·8^a	47·2^a	0·451
T2	48·8^a	51·2^a
T3	49·0^a	51·0^a

T, tertile. Values are expressed as percentage of the subgroups for categorical variables. T1 n 385, T2 n 384, T2 n 384.

χ ² test used for categorical variables; z-test with adjusted P values (Bonferroni method). Superscript letters in a row that are the same indicate a subset of subgroups that did not differ significantly from each other; superscript letters in a row that differ denote a subset of subgroups that differ significantly from each other at the P < 0·05.