Table 4. Mean scores (95% CI)* of the SF-36 dimensions according to quintiles of Western dietary pattern in the SUN project.
| Quintiles of Western Dietary Pattern | ||||||
| SF-36 scores after 4 years of follow-up | Q1 (lowest) | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 (highest) | p linear trend |
| (n = 2225) | (n = 2226) | (n = 2226) | (n = 2226) | (n = 2225) | ||
| Vitality | 65.2 (63.6–66.8) | 64.4 (62.8–65.9) | 63.4# (61.8–64.9) | 62.6+# (61.0–64.2) | 61.7‡ (60.1–63.4) | <0.001 |
| Social functioning | 89.5 (88.1–90.9) | 89.4 (97.9–90.8) | 89.5 (88.1–90.9) | 88.7 (87.3–90.2) | 88.0 (86.6–89.5) | 0.004 |
| Role emotional | 85.8 (82.9–88.6) | 85.9 (83.1–88.7) | 86.5 (83.7–89.3) | 85.1 (82.3–87.9) | 83.2 (80.2–86.1) | 0.01 |
| Mental Health | 75.9 (74.9–77.3) | 75.6 (74.2–77.0) | 75.2 (73.8–76.6) | 74.7# (73.3–76.1) | 75.1 (73.6–76.5) | 0.04 |
| Physical functioning | 90.2 (89.3–91.2) | 90.3 (89.3–91.2) | 89.7 (88.7–90.6) | 89.4+ (88.5–90.3) | 89.1+ (88.2–90.1) | <0.001 |
| Role physical | 86.3 (83.6–88.9) | 86.2 (83.6–88.9) | 86.8 (84.2–89.4) | 85.4 (82.8–88.0) | 84.4 (81.7–87.1) | 0.04 |
| Bodily pain | 75.6 (73.5–77.6) | 74.6 (72.6–76.6) | 75.4 (73.4–77.4) | 73.9 (71.8–75.9) | 73.3 (71.2–75.4) | 0.003 |
| General Health | 65.8 (64.2–67.4) | 65.1 (63.5–66.7) | 64.5 (62.9–66.1) | 63.8# (62.2–65.4) | 63.2# (61.6–64.8) | <0.001 |
*
Adjusted for age, sex, smoking, leisure time physical activity, total energy intake, baseline BMI and history of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia and CVD.
‡
statistically significantly lower (p<0.05) than lower quintiles (Q1 to Q4) (Benjamini -Hochberg correction).
+
statistically significantly lower (p<0.05) than Q2 (Benjamini -Hochberg correction).
#
statistically significantly lower (p<0.05) than Q1 (Benjamini -Hochberg correction).