Table 4.

Mean food group intakes according to quartiles of component scores obtained by factor analysis—principal component analysis of nutrient intake data in NuAge (n = 1596), from food frequency questionnaires.

	Healthy Pattern Score					Western Pattern Score					Traditional Pattern Score
Food Groups (Serving per Week)	Q1 (Lowest) n = 399	Q2 n = 399	Q3 n = 399	Q4 (Highest) n = 399	p *	Q1 n = 399	Q2 n = 399	Q3 n = 399	Q4 n = 399	p *	Q1 n = 399	Q2 n = 399	Q3 n = 399	Q4 n = 399	p *
Vegetables	25.2	29.5	31.7	36.2	<0.001	35.2	31.5	28.8	27.1	<0.001	31	30.6	30.2	30.9	0.86
Legumes	0.7	1	1.1	1.4	<0.001	1.2	1	1.1	0.9	0.02	1.2	1	1	1	0.11
Fruits	11.2	13.1	15.8	18	<0.001	17.4	14.6	13.9	12.2	<0.001	15.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	0.18
Cereals	13.8	14.8	14.2	15.7	<0.001	15.2	14.4	14.5	14.4	0.11	14.2	15	14.7	14.7	0.35
Potatoes	4.2	3.8	3.9	3.3	<0.001	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.9	0.33	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.9	0.42
Meat	3	3.1	3	2.8	0.36	2.8	3	2.9	3	0.4	2.8	3	2.9	3.1	0.38
Fish/seafood	1.5	1.8	1.8	2.3	<0.001	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.6	<0.001	1.7	1.8	1.9	2	0.04
Charcuterie	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.2	<0.001	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.7	0.13	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	0.15
Dairy products	21.4	21.5	20.9	23.6	<0.001	21.7	22.4	21	22.4	0.44	19.4	20.8	22.5	24.8	<0.001
Biscuits and other sweet food	20.7	17.2	14.9	13.8	<0.001	16.2	16.1	16.1	18.1	0.03	17.3	17.6	16.5	15.1	0.02
Alcohol	3.8	3.8	3.5	3.9	0.97	4.9	4	2.8	3.2	<0.001	4	3.4	3.6	3.9	0.17