TABLE 1.
Cross-cohort ranges of Spearman’s correlation coefficients between dietary quality index scores: the Dietary Patterns Methods Project1
| Women |
Men |
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| HEI-2010 | AHEI-2010 | aMED | DASH | HEI-2010 | AHEI-2010 | aMED | DASH | |
| HEI-2010 | 1.00 | 0.54–0.65 | 0.48–0.54 | 0.62–0.69 | 1.00 | 0.62–0.68 | 0.53–0.57 | 0.69–0.72 |
| AHEI-2010 | 1.00 | 0.55–0.67 | 0.56–0.66 | 1.00 | 0.60–0.66 | 0.60–0.65 | ||
| aMED | 1.00 | 0.61–0.66 | 1.00 | 0.622 | ||||
| DASH | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
1
Values for women represent the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, Multiethnic Cohort, and Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study, whereas values for men represent the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study and Multiethnic cohorts. AHEI-2010, Alternative Healthy Eating Index 2010; aMED, alternate Mediterranean Diet; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; HEI-2010, Healthy Eating Index 2010.
2
Spearman’s correlation coefficients were identical across cohorts.