Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics by quartile (Q) of dietary factor score
| Quartile of factor scores for the Balanced diet pattern |
Quartile of factor scores for the Animal protein diet pattern |
Quartile of factor scores for the Gourd and root vegetable diet pattern |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 Mean |
Q4 Mean |
p for trend1 or correlations 2, 3 |
Q1 Mean |
Q4 Mean |
p for trend1 or correlations 2, 3 |
Q1 Mean |
Q4 Mean |
p for trend1 or correlations 2, 3 |
|
| Male (%) | 47.7 | 42.6 | <0.01 | 31.8 | 63.7 | <0.01 | 50.4 | 37.5 | <0.01 |
| Nonsmokers (%) | 60.8 | 63.7 | 0.87 | 71.9 | 49.3 | 0.61 | 60.7 | 68.3 | 0.88 |
| Own a television (%) | 35.8 | 37.8 | 0.09 | 20.5 | 53.8 | <0.01 | 37.9 | 32.1 | <0.01 |
| Own land >1 acre (%) | 14.3 | 18.8 | <0.01 | 8.5 | 26.3 | <0.01 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 0.07 |
| Age (y) | 37.3 | 37.6 | 0.01 | 35.7 | 39.4 | 0.14** | 37.1 | 36.7 | −0.01 |
| Education (y) | 3.6 | 3.6 | 0.02 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 0.30** | 3.7 | 3.4 | −0.01 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 115.4 | 114.9 | −0.01 | 113.1 | 116.9 | 0.08** | 114.4 | 115.3 | 0.02* |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 75.0 | 73.7 | −0.03** | 72.7 | 75.5 | 0.09** | 73.8 | 74.2 | 0.01 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20.0 | 19.8 | 0.00 | 19.3 | 20.7 | 0.19** | 19.9 | 19.7 | −0.01 |
1
Trend tests were performed by using linear regression that included energy-adjusted factor scores as the dependent variable and age and sex as the independent variables.
2
Pearson correlations between the factor scores and natural logs of energy-adjusted nutrient values.
3
.01< p <.05,
*
.01< p <.05,
**
p <.01