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. 2009 Apr 18;39(1):197–209. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyp191

Table 3.

Percent variation in clinical biomarkers explained by the five identified dietary patterns, ACLS 1987–99

Dietary pattern
Clinical biomarker 1 (Unhealthy Eating Index) 2 3 4 5 Totala
Total biomarker indexb 4.33 0.86 0.29 0.11 0.07 5.66
Uric acid 10.17 0.57 0.54 0.04 0.09 11.39
BMI 9.81 0.03 0.16 0.16 0.1 10.26
HDL-cholesterol 5.51 3.67 0.03 0.17 0.01 9.39
Triglycerides 3.56 0.07 0.01 0.06 0.04 3.74
White blood cell count 2.14 0.03 1.24 0.01 0.02 3.44
Mean arterial pressure 1.69 0.16 0.24 0.03 0.26 2.38
Fasting glucose 1.08 0.16 0.01 0.08 0.06 1.39
Total cholesterol 0.70 2.22 0.13 0.34 0.02 3.28

a‘Total’ column represents the total percentage of variation in biomarkers explained by the five dietary patterns combined.

b‘Total biomarker index’ row represents the total percentage of variation for all eight biomarkers combined explained by the identified dietary patterns.