Table 2.

Associations between dietary pattern quartiles (only 4th quartile reported) and Cardiometabolic risk factors, using mul8level analysis accounting for community and adjusted for covariates^† (n=637), Yup’ik study participants, September 2009 – May 2013

Cardiometabolic risk factors	Processed Foods			Fruits and Vegetables			Subsistence Foods
	β	P	P-trend	β	P	P-trend	β	P	P-trend
	4th v. 1st (ref) quartile		All 4 quartiles	4th v. 1st (ref) quartile		All 4 quartiles	4th v. 1st (ref) quartile		All 4 quartiles
Lipids
LDL-C (mg/dL) (n=530)	−4.65	0.25	0.24	0.92	0.80	0.89	3.34	0.37	0.21
Log HDL-C (n=531)	−0.01	0.69	0.65	−0.03	0.36	0.49	0.04	0.16	0.10
Log TG (n=530)	0.11	0.046	0.031	0.07	0.17	0.05	−0.10	0.049	0.06
Blood pressure
SBP (mm Hg) (n=492)	−0.50	0.75	0.96	2.37	0.10	0.27	−1.05	0.47	0.26
DBP (mm Hg) (n=493)	−0.78	0.56	0.60	2.87	0.014	0.06	−3.99	<0.001	<0.001
Blood glucose
HbA1c (%) (n=577)	−0.03	0.43	0.28	−0.08	0.013	0.007	0.04	0.21	0.35
Log FBG (n=567)	0.00	0.85	0.84	−0.01	0.64	0.52	0.01	0.58	0.71
Adiposity
Log WC (n=583)	0.03	0.15	0.23	0.02	0.15	0.17	0.02	0.32	0.64

Abbreviations: LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG = triglycerides, SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure, HbA1c = glycated hemoglobin, FBG = fasting blood glucose, and WC = waist circumference.

β and p-values for the 2nd and 3rd quartile not reported.

^†Adjusted for age, sex, current smoking, past smoking, and physical activity counts per day.