Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of participants (n 5491) across the quartiles (Q) of dietary patterns
(Mean values and standard deviations)
| Fat and sweet pattern | Fruit and vegetable pattern | Seafood and yogurt pattern | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P trend* | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P trend | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P trend |
| Age (years) | <0·01 | <0·01 | 0·48 | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 42·3 | 40·5 | 39·7 | 39·6 | 41·1 | 41·4 | 40·0 | 39·5 | 41·02 | 40·4 | 39·8 | 40·7 | |||
| sd | 16·7 | 15·7 | 15·1 | 15·8 | 16·3 | 15·8 | 15·6 | 15·6 | 16·6 | 15·7 | 15·4 | 15·6 | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 0·03 | 0·01 | 0·02 | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 24·5 | 24·5 | 24·4 | 24·1 | 23·8 | 24·7 | 24·5 | 24·6 | 24·0 | 24·4 | 24·6 | 24·6 | |||
| sd | 5·7 | 5·4 | 5·6 | 5·3 | 5·6 | 5·8 | 5·3 | 5·4 | 5·7 | 5·4 | 5·5 | 5·5 | |||
| Waist circumference (cm) | 0·01 | 0·27 | 0·91 | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 85·2 | 84·3 | 84·3 | 83·8 | 83·6 | 85·3 | 84·3 | 84·5 | 84·2 | 84·5 | 84·7 | 84·2 | |||
| sd | 13·8 | 13·9 | 14·0 | 14·2 | 14·1 | 14·3 | 13·2 | 14·1 | 14·1 | 13·6 | 14·0 | 14·0 | |||
| Waist:hip ratio | 0·04 | 0·25 | 0·05 | ||||||||||||
| Mean | 0·88 | 0·87 | 0·87 | 0·87 | 0·87 | 0·88 | 0·87 | 0·87 | 0·88 | 0·87 | 0·87 | 0·87 | |||
| sd | 0·09 | 0·09 | 0·09 | 0·09 | 0·09 | 0·09 | 0·09 | 0·08 | 0·09 | 0·09 | 0·09 | 0·09 | |||
* ANOVA was used to test the significance of the linear trend in the data across dietary pattern quartiles.