Table 5. Comparison of the regression coefficients (95% confidence interval) for the association between dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease risk factors among the adults aged 40 years and above in Taiwan^a.

	Regression coefficient β (95% confidence interval), n = 62,965
	Taiwanese dietary pattern	Vegi-fruit dietary pattern	Meat-processed dietary pattern
Triacylglycerol	0.07 (-0.04, 1.78)	-0.26 (-0.38, -0.14)b,3	-0.03 (-0.13, 0.08)b,c
Total cholesterol	-0.63 (-0.70, -0.57)3	-0.29 (-0.36, -0.22)b,3	0.31 (0.25, 0.38)b,c,3
LDL-C	-0.55 (-0.61, -0.50)3	-0.27 (-0.33, -0.21)b,3	0.26 (0.20, 0.31)b,c,3
HDL-C	-0.09 (-0.12, -0.07)3	0.03 (-0.002, 0.05)b	0.06 (0.04, 0.09)b,c,3
C-reactive protein	-0.001 (-0.002, -0.0002)1	-0.002 (-0.003, -0.001)b,3	-0.0004 (-0.001, 0.0005)b,c
Fasting glucose	-0.007 (-0.009, -0.005)3	-0.008 (-0.01, -0.006)b,3	0.003 (0.001, 0.005)b,c,3

^a Continuous scores were used to determine the association between dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease risk factors after adjusting for sex, age, education, marital status, smoking, drinking, physical activity, cardiovascular disease, body mass index, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure.

^b Significant difference compared with Taiwanese dietary pattern at p < 0.001.

^c Significant difference compared with vegi-fruit dietary pattern at p < 0.001.

¹p < 0.05.

²p < 0.01.

³p < 0.001.