Table 3.
Percent variation in clinical biomarkers explained by the five identified dietary patterns, ACLS 1987–99
|
Dietary pattern |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.