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Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2014 Dec 5;113(2):259–269. doi: 10.1017/S0007114514003456

Table 2.

Spearman’s correlation coefficients (r) among the diet quality indices and essential macronutrients and micronutrients, ORISCAV-LUX (Observation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Luxembourg) study, 2007–8

	RCI (n^† 1197–1234)	DQI-I (n^† 1196–1206)	DASH score (n^† 1269–1285)	MDS (n^† 1331–1352)	DII (n^† 1331–1344)
DQI-I	0.56^***	–	–	–	–
DASH score	0.55^***	0.65^***	–	–	–
MDS	0.35^***	0.31^***	0.32^***	–	–
DII	−0.28^***	−0.40^***	−0.34^***	−0.46^***	–
SFA	−0.45^***	−0.29^***	−0.30^***	−0.06^*	−0.40^***
MUFA	−0.44^***	−0.27^***	−0.27^***	0.11^***	−0.47^***
PUFA	−0.29^***	−0.11^***	−0.15^***	0.17^***	−0.60^***
Vitamin A	−0.23^***	−0.19^***	−0.16^***	0.01	−0.43^***
Vitamin B₁	0.03	0.15^***	0.13^***	0.20^***	−0.74^***
Vitamin B₂	−0.05	0.08^**	0.14^***	0.06^*	−0.68^***
Vitamin B₃	−0.03	0.02	−0.04	0.13^***	−0.64^***
Vitamin B₅	0.00	0.11^***	0.13^***	0.15^***	−0.74^***
Vitamin B₆	0.09^***	0.20^***	0.17^***	0.25^***	−0.79^***
Vitamin B₉	0.24^***	0.36^***	0.33^***	0.38^***	−0.88^**
Vitamin B₁₂	−0.09^***	−0.15^***	−0.15^***	0.15^***	−0.47^***
Vitamin C	0.28^***	0.49^***	0.44^***	0.37^***	−0.69^***
Vitamin D	0.03	−0.03	−0.03	0.23^***	−0.45^***
Vitamin E	−0.21^***	−0.05	−0.10^***	0.19^***	−0.61^***
Ca	0.03	0.13^***	0.23^***	0.03	−0.56^***
Fe	−0.05	0.05	0.02	0.21^***	−0.72^***
I	−0.02	0.00	0.05	0.12^***	−0.52^***
Mg	0.08^**	0.19^***	0.15^***	0.23^***	−0.77^***
Na	−0.19^***	−0.19^**	−0.10^***	0.12^***	−0.52^***
K	0.12^***	0.26^***	0.22^***	0.23^***	−0.81^***
P	−0.12^***	−0.02	0.01	0.09^**	−0.65^***

RCI, Recommendation Compliance Index; DQI-I, Diet Quality Index-International; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; MDS, Mediterranean Diet Score; DII, Dietary Inflammatory Index.

Values were significantly different:

P<005

^**

P<001

^***

P<0·001.

^†

Difference in the number of cases is related to missing values for several variables.