Table 3.

Univariate associations between the Mediterranean and health-aware dietary pattern factor scores and covariates (Unstandardised and standardised β regression coefficients; mean values and standard deviations)

	Mediterranean	Health-aware
Characteristics	Unstandardised β	Mean	sd	P	Standardised β	Mean	sd	P
Age	− 0·087			0·015	0·038			0·291
Age 11 IQ	0·112			0·002	− 0·039			0·290
BMI	− 0·032			0·370	− 0·087			0·015
Physical activity*	0·053			0·142	0·075			0·037
Sex	0·112			0·002	0·331			< 0·001
Male		− 0·10	0·86			− 0·31	1·0
Female		0·12	1·1			0·35	0·91
Occupational class	− 0·272			< 0·001	− 0·002			0·945
I		0·44	1·1			− 0·07	1·1
II		0·12	1·1			0·08	0·95
IIIN		− 0·17	0·78			0·20	0·90
IIIM		− 0·42	0·71			− 0·23	0·97
IV and V†		− 0·25	0·96			− 0·04	1·6
Smoking status	− 0·070			0·048	− 0·191			< 0·001
Never smoker		0·03	0·91			0·19	0·94
Ex-smoker		0·06	1·1			− 0·03	1·0
Current smoker		− 0·35	0·89			− 0·52	1·1
CVD	− 0·030			0·392	− 0·026			0·466
No		0·03	1·0			0·05	0·99
Yes		− 0·04	0·85			− 0·02	1·0
Hypertension	− 0·038			0·283	0·026			0·461
No		0·042	1·1			0·01	0·97
Yes		− 0·036	0·85			0·064	1·1
Chol:HDL ratio	− 0·084			0·028	0·000			0·996
< 3·5		0·99	1·1			0·03	1·0
3·5– < 5·0		− 0·033	0·90			0·04	0·98
≥ 5·0		− 0·15	0·80			0·02	1·2
Stroke	− 0·028			0·438	0·015			0·681
No		0·01	0·99			0·03	1·0
Yes		− 0·13	0·86			0·11	1·1
Diabetes	− 0·053			0·134	0·035			0·320
No		0·02	0·98			0·02	1·0
Yes		− 0·18	0·99			0·16	0·95

Age 11 IQ, intelligent quotient at age 11 years; IIIN, non-manual; IIIM, manual; Chol:HDL ratio, cholesterol:HDL-cholesterol ratio.

^*Physical activity was the number of days of sport or physical exercise per month.

^†Occupational social classes IV and V were combined due to the small number of participants in each class.