. 2017 Sep 19;16:61. doi: 10.1186/s12937-017-0284-z

Table 2.

Correlation coefficients ^abetween subject characteristics, dietary energy and nutrient intakes and each factor

	Men			Women
	Traditional Japanese	Westernized	Meat and fat	Traditional Japanese	Westernized	Meat and fat
Age at survey (yrs)	0.321	0.108	−0.378	0.354	0.024	−0.316
Height (cm)	−0.133	−0.011^b	0.253	−0.162	0.063	0.209
Body weight (kg)	−0.007^b	−0.019^b	0.152	−0.008^b	−0.004^b	0.080
Abdominal circumference (cm)	0.095	0.003^b	−0.025	0.127	−0.032	−0.078
BMI	0.071	−0.020^b	0.016^b	0.086	−0.047	−0.039
Steps per day	0.022^b	−0.008^b	0.125	0.003^b	0.063	0.123
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.112	−0.028	−0.091	0.207	−0.038	−0.135
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	−0.017^b	−0.042	0.056	0.107	−0.001^b	−0.027
Serum total cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.027	0.023^b	0.129	0.094	0.123	−0.009^b
Serum HDLcholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.003^b	−0.004^b	0.092	−0.048	0.100	0.093
Serum LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.063	0.051	0.094	0.056	0.093	−0.011^b
HbA1c (%)	0.156	0.049	−0.142	0.193	0.009^b	−0.120
Energy and nutrient intakes
Energy (kcal)	0.357	−0.065	0.313	0.405	0.102	0.234
Protein (g)	0.534	0.011	0.212	0.534	0.076	0.156
Fat (%energy)	0.090	0.138	0.469	0.105	0.209	0.429
ω-3 fatty acids (g)	0.338	−0.117	0.008^b	0.348	−0.091	0.008^b
ω-6 fatty acids (g)	0.153	0.016^b	0.448	0.194	0.046	0.397
Carbohydrates (%energy)	0.331	−0.083	0.008^b	0.416	0.037	−0.047
Dietary fiber (g)	0.680	0.226	−0.008^b	0.715	0.239	−0.013^b
Vitamin A (μgRAE)	0.393	0.141	0.026	0.417	0.149	0.015^b
Vitamin D (μg)	0.392	−0.072	−0.207	0.374	−0.053	−0.168
Vitamin B₁ (mg)	0.322	0.150	0.239	0.393	0.182	0.213
VitaminB₂ (mg)	0.449	0.165	−0.002^b	0.475	0.195	−0.043
Vitamin B₆ (mg)	0.600	0.030	0.068	0.631	0.088	0.024
Vitamin B₁₂ (μg)	0.353	−0.074	−0.157	0.351	−0.051	−0.149
Folate (μg)	0.678	0.097	−0.075	0.708	0.119	−0.105
VitaminC (mg)	0.522	0.174	−0.154	0.552	0.180	−0.176
Sodium (mg)	0.519	0.025	0.184	0.555	0.029	0.152
Potassium (mg)	0.751	0.205	−0.020^b	0.768	0.240	−0.057
Calcium (mg)	0.514	0.307	−0.107	0.531	0.322	−0.120
Iron (mg)	0.692	0.018^b	0.038	0.708	0.044	0.009^b

^aSpearman’s correrlation analysis

^bnot significant