Table 3.
Nutrients and Food group intake across tertiles of DASH diet score
| Nutrients and food group | Dietary DASH score |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1: 9–20 (n = 358) | T2: 20–24 (n = 326) | T3: 24–35 (n = 234) | ||
| Total energy (kcal/day) | 2,390.70 ± 38.26a | 2,121.44 ± 38.84 | 2,298.20 ± 43.31 | 0.001 |
| Carbohydrate (% of energy) | 57.36 ± 0.39 | 57.35 ± 0.39 | 58.26 ± 0.44 | 0.22 |
| Protein (% of energy) | 13.55 ± 0.13 | 13.57 ± 0.13 | 13.95 ± 0.15 | 0.09 |
| Total Fat (% of energy) | 30.97 ± 0.38 | 31.68 ± 0.39 | 31.26 ± 0.43 | 0.43 |
| Saturated fat (% of energy) | 10.37 ± 0.16 | 10.51 ± 0.16 | 10.45 ± 0.18 | 0.84 |
| Monounsaturated fat (% of energy) | 10.72 ± 0.15 | 11.01 ± 0.15 | 10.75 ± 0.18 | 0.35 |
| Polyunsaturated fat (% of energy) | 6.46 ± 0.12 | 6.71 ± 0.12 | 6.44 ± 0.14 | 0.27 |
| Cholesterol (mg/day) | 241.65 ± 7.10 | 206.42 ± 7.21 | 226.68 ± 8.04 | 0.002 |
| Potassium (mg/day) | 3,369.67 ± 73.44 | 3,502.35 ± 74.55 | 4,511.52 ± 83.13 | 0.001 |
| Calcium (mg/day) | 1,191.08 ± 27.18 | 1,167.32 ± 27.59 | 3,841.32 ± 30.76 | 0.001 |
| Magnesium (mg/day) | 375.86 ± 7.39 | 350.80 ± 7.50 | 405.37 ± 8.37 | 0.001 |
| Fiber (g/day) | 21.96 ± 0.56 | 23.96 ± 0.57 | 32.67 ± 0.63 | 0.001 |
| Food group (serving/day) | ||||
| Vegetable | 1.53 ± 0.08 | 2.20 ± 0.08 | 3.37 ± 0.09 | 0.001 |
| Fruit | 2.07 ± 0.12 | 3.71 ± 0.12 | 5.60 ± 0.14 | 0.001 |
| Low fat dairy | 0.61 ± 0.03 | 0.82 ± 0.76 | 1.04 ± 0.03 | 0.001 |
| Grains | 10.14 ± 0.19 | 8.30 ± 0.20 | 7.00 ± 0.23 | 0.001 |
| Legume nut | 1.64 ± 0.07 | 2.04 ± 0.08 | 2.29 ± 0.09 | 0.001 |
| Red meat | 0.46 ± 0.01 | 0.36 ± 0.01 | 0.31 ± 0.02 | 0.001 |
| Sweetened beverage | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.001 |
DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. *Significant difference (p<0.05) using one way ANOVA. aAll values are means ± SE.