Table 1.

Relationship of selected demographic factors to dietary patterns among black participants in the Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2)

	Vegetarian/vegan		Pesco-vegetarian		Non-vegetarian		All
	(n 146; 25 %)		(n 80; 13 %)		(n 366; 62 %)		(n 592)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	P value*
Age (years)
<50	26	18	19	24	97	27	0·40
50–59	49	33	22	27	107	29
60–69	39	27	24	30	83	23
≥70	32	22	15	19	79	21
Mean	61		60				59						0·17
sd	12		12				13
Gender
Women	95	65	54	68	258	70	0·53
Education
High school or below	19	13	13	16	71	20	0·01
Some college	60	41	32	40	181	49
Bachelors and above	67	46	35	44	114	31
BMI (kg/m2)
<25·0	51	35	21	26	71	19	<0·0001
25·0–29·9	56	38	37	46	124	34
≥30·0	39	27	22	28	171	47
Mean	27·6		28·2				30·8						<0·0001
sd	5·6		5·7				7·3
Physical activity (h/d)
Mean	2·4		2·6				2·8						0·54
sd	2·9		3·5				3·4
Sub-study
Calibration	89	61	64	80	274	75	0·0016
BioMRS	57	39	16	20	92	25

BioMRS, Biophysical Manifestations of Religion sub-study.

*P values test differences between means of dietary patterns or the null hypotheses of no association between the named variable and dietary pattern.