Table 1.
Baseline characteristics according to the sex-specific tertiles of the EAT-Lancet diet score in the H70 study
| Baseline characteristics across tertiles of EAT-Lancet diet score1 | All | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1: 10–21 | T2: 21–24 | T3: 24–38 | p-value | ||
| n | 322 (37.4%) | 284 (33.0%) | 255 (29.6%) | ||
| BMI | 26.6 (5.0) | 25.9 (4.3) | 25.0 (4.0) | < 0.001 | 25.9 (4.5) |
| Physical activity | |||||
| Inactive | 17 (5.3%) | 3 (1.1%) | 4 (1.6%) | < 0.001 | 24 (2.8%) |
| Light physical activity | 54 (17.0%) | 19 (6.8%) | 22 (8.8%) | 95 (11.2%) | |
| Regular physical activity and training | 158 (49.7%) | 136 (48.7%) | 111 (44.2%) | 405 (47.8%) | |
| Regular and more intense physical training | 89 (28.0%) | 121 (43.4%) | 114 (45.4%) | 324 (38.2%) | |
| Education | |||||
| < 9 years | 33 (10.3%) | 26 (9.2%) | 10 (3.9%) | 0.001 | 69 (8.0%) |
| Secondary | 152 (47.4%) | 132 (46.5%) | 99 (38.8%) | 383 (44.5%) | |
| Higher education | 136 (42.4%) | 126 (44.4%) | 146 (57.3%) | 408 (47.4%) | |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Never smoked | 110 (34.4%) | 125 (44.2%) | 105 (41.2%) | < 0.001 | 340 (39.6%) |
| Stopped smoking before 50 y | 87 (27.2%) | 105 (37.1%) | 90 (35.3%) | 282 (32.9%) | |
| Stopped smoking between 50–60 y | 34 (10.6%) | 34 (12.0%) | 35 (13.7%) | 103 (12.0%) | |
| Stopped smoking between 60–70 y | 41 (12.8%) | 13 (4.6%) | 12 (4.7%) | 66 (7.7%) | |
| Current smoker | 48 (15.0%) | 6 (2.1%) | 13 (5.1%) | 67 (7.8%) | |
| Diabetes | 24 (7.5%) | 35 (12.3%) | 20 (7.8%) | 0.083 | 79 (9.2%) |
| Hypertension | 232 (72.3%) | 200 (70.4%) | 169 (66.3%) | 0.288 | 601 (69.9%) |
1Values are means (SD) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables