Table 4.
Baseline demographic and life-style characteristics of participants (n 5491) across the quartiles (Q) of dietary patterns
(Percentages)
| Fat and sweet pattern | Fruit and vegetable pattern | Seafood and yogurt pattern | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P trend* | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P trend | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P trend | |
| Median score | 0·26 | 0·58 | 0·93 | 1·51 | 0·03 | 0·35 | 0·74 | 1·18 | 1·84 | –0·03 | 0·16 | 0·35 | 0·81 | ||
| Sex | 0·02 | 0·01 | |||||||||||||
| Female | 51·9 | 54·3 | 55·8 | 55·8 | 51·9 | 54·1 | 56·2 | 55·6 | 51·3 | 54·9 | 54·8 | 56·9 | |||
| Marital status | 0·56 | 0·34 | 0·95 | ||||||||||||
| Single | 22·4 | 22·7 | 22·5 | 25·1 | 22·9 | 21·1 | 24·0 | 24·8 | 23·5 | 22·6 | 23·1 | 23·6 | |||
| Married | 64·0 | 66·5 | 68·9 | 65·7 | 65·2 | 67·4 | 65·5 | 66·8 | 64·9 | 67·5 | 67·2 | 65·4 | |||
| Widowed/divorced | 13·6 | 10·8 | 8·7 | 9·2 | 11·9 | 11·4 | 10·5 | 8·4 | 11·6 | 10·0 | 9·7 | 11·0 | |||
| Formal education (%) | 0·76 | <0·01 | 0·90 | ||||||||||||
| Primary–middle | 45·2 | 41·0 | 42·7 | 41·7 | 49·8 | 45·3 | 41·4 | 35·5 | 41·4 | 44·7 | 40·7 | 43·8 | |||
| Secondary–intermediate | 38·9 | 40·8 | 41·2 | 43·3 | 36·5 | 41·2 | 43·0 | 43·2 | 44·4 | 38·3 | 41·7 | 40·4 | |||
| Graduate and above | 15·9 | 18·2 | 16·0 | 14·9 | 13·6 | 13·6 | 15·7 | 21·3 | 14·5 | 17·0 | 17·6 | 15·8 | |||
| Tobacco use (%)† | 45·1 | <0·01 | <0·01 | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 40·6 | 37·7 | 37·5 | 40·7 | 0·97 | 40·5 | 37·7 | 33·2 | 44·1 | 39·9 | 35·2 | 37·6 | |||
| Physical activity (%) | <0·01 | 0·77 | <0·01 | ||||||||||||
| <5 MET h/week | 44·3 | 40·0 | 35·9 | 3·0 | 38·6 | 38·6 | 37·2 | 38·8 | 43·1 | 41·1 | 38·1 | 31·3 | |||
| 5–10 MET h/week | 17·1 | 15·1 | 15·8 | 16·4 | 14·8 | 16·0 | 18·0 | 15·6 | 17·4 | 14·9 | 15·8 | 16·4 | |||
| > 10 MET h/week | 38·6 | 44·9 | 48·3 | 50·5 | 46·6 | 45·4 | 44·8 | 45·6 | 39·5 | 44·1 | 46·1 | 52·6 | |||
MET, metabolic equivalent task.
* The χ2 test was used to find linear association across quartiles and P for trend is reported.
† Includes both past and current users.