Table 2. Correlation between each diet-quality score and selected food group and nutrient intakes (n = 797).

Daily food group/nutrient intake 1	MDS	P value	DQI-I	P value
Beverages (ml) 2	-0.157	<0.001	-0.198	<0.001
Dim sum (g)	-0.015	0.671	-0.033	0.353
Eggs (g)	-0.097	0.006	-0.207	<0.001
Fast food (g)	-0.219	<0.001	-0.185	<0.001
Meat, poultry and organ meats (g)	-0.242	<0.001	-0.281	<0.001
Fish and seafood (g)	0.394	<0.001	0.151	<0.001
Fruits (g)	0.508	<0.001	0.604	<0.001
Grains and cereals (g)	0.344	<0.001	0.379	<0.001
Mushroom, fungi and nuts (g)	0.231	<0.001	0.177	<0.001
Soy and soy products (g)	0.350	<0.001	0.235	<0.001
Vegetables and legumes (g)	0.512	<0.001	0.539	<0.001
Milk and milk products (g)	-0.301	<0.001	0.009	0.800
Tea and coffee (ml)	0.030	0.397	-0.016	0.642
% energy from carbohydrate	0.321	<0.001	0.651	<0.001
% energy from protein	0.024	0.505	-0.022	0.539
% energy from total fat	-0.311	<0.001	-0.664	<0.001
% energy from saturated fat	-0.473	<0.001	-0.634	<0.001
Cholesterol (mg)	-0.045	0.201	-0.220	<0.001
Dietary fiber (g)	0.544	<0.001	0.642	<0.001
Vitamin C (mg)	0.502	<0.001	0.615	<0.001

¹ Spearman’s rank correlation was used for food group intake analysis and vitamin C intake analysis whereas Pearson’s correlation was used for other nutrient intakes analysis

² Included mainly sweetened beverages or juice, carbonated drinks and sports drinks

DQI-I, Diet Quality Index-International; MDS, Mediterranean Diet Score