Table 3.
Additional Characteristics of 63,805 Participants in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study By Lowest and Highest Quintile of Scores on 4 Diet Quality Indices, 1993–2010
| Characteristic | Diet Quality Index |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEIa |
AHEIb |
aMEDc |
DASHd |
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| Quintile 1, mean (SE) | Quintile 5, mean (SE) | Quintile 1, mean (SE) | Quintile 5, mean (SE) | Quintile 1, mean (SE) | Quintile 5, mean (SE) | Quintile 1, mean (SE) | Quintile 5, mean (SE) | |
| Alcohol intake, g/day | 5.7 (0.1) | 5.2 (0.07 | 4.7 (0.1) | 6.9 (0.1) | 4.9 (0.1) | 6.4 (0.1) | 5.5 (0.1) | 5.2 (0.1) |
| Age, years | 61.9 (0.06) | 64.2 (0.06) | 62.4 (0.06) | 63.2 (0.06) | 62.8 (0.07) | 63.0 (0.06) | 62.0 (0.06) | 63.7 (0.06) |
| Body mass indexe | 28.9 (0.06) | 25.6 (0.04) | 28.7 (0.06) | 25.6 (0.04) | 28.1 (0.06) | 26.1 (0.04) | 28.5 (0.05) | 25.7 (0.04) |
| Energy intake, kcal/day | 1,781.0 (6.6) | 1,431.5 (4.1) | 1,661.7 (5.7) | 1,561.9 (4.8) | 1,335.5 (4.8) | 1,798.2 (4.7) | 1,503.6 (5.0) | 1,675.1 (4.6) |
| Index score | 18–58f | 76–95f | 19–44f | 63–94f | 0–2f | 6–9f | 8–20f | 28–37f |
| Physical activity, MET-hours/week | 7.8 (0.1) | 16.7 (0.1) | 7.8 (0.1) | 17.9 (0.1) | 8.6 (0.1) | 16.1 (0.1) | 7.6 (0.1) | 17.6 (0.1) |
Abbreviations: AHEI, Alternative Healthy Eating Index 2010; aMED, Alternate Mediterranean Diet Score; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; HEI, Healthy Eating Index 2010; MET, metabolic equivalent unit; SE, standard error.
a From Guenther et al. (5).
b From Chiuve et al. (8).
c From Fung et al (10).
d From Fung et al. (11).
e Weight (kg)/height (m)2.
f Values are expressed as a range.