Table 4.

Nutrients intake by tertile of DASH, Mediterranean diet and Healthy Eating Score

Nutrients	MED score				HEI score
	T1: 11–23 (n = 389)	T2: 24–26 (n = 278)	T3: 27–34 (n = 260)	p value	T1: 17–38 (n = 333)	T2: 39–46 (n = 293)	T3: 47–87 (n = 301)	p value
Total energy (kcal/day)	2,603.63 ± 32.77	2,140.81 ± 38.76	1,907.10 ± 40.08	<0.0001	2,303.73 ± 38.93	2,296.07 ± 41.50	2,205.69 ± 40.94	0.16
CHO (% of energy)	55.29 ± 0.34	57.94 ± 0.41	60.73 ± 0.42	<0.0001	57.66 ± 0.39	57.42 ± 0.42	57.75 ± 0.41	0.84
Protein (% of energy)	13.66 ± 0.12	13.51 ± 0.14	13.79 ± 0.15	0.62	12.76 ± 0.12	13.63 ± 0.13	14.73 ± 0.13	<0.0001
Total Fata (% of energy)	33.26 ± 0.34	31.09 ± 0.40	28.60 ± 0.42	<0.0001	31.64 ± 0.38	31.55 ± 0.41	30.68 ± 0.40	0.17
SFA (% of energy)	11.15 ± 0.14	10.32 ± 0.17	9.51 ± 0.17	<0.0001	10.67 ± 0.16	10.33 ± 0.17	10.30 ± 0.17	0.19
MUFA (% of energy)	11.55 ± 0.13	10.73 ± 0.16	9.87 ± 0.16	<0.0001	10.96 ± 0.15	10.99 ± 0.16	10.54 ± 0.16	0.08
PUFA (% of energy)	6.99 ± 0.11	6.55 ± 0.13	5.88 ± 0.14	<0.0001	6.67 ± 0.12	6.74 ± 0.13	6.21 ± 0.13	0.009
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	268.64 ± 6.37	202.77 ± 7.54	183.37 ± 7.79	<0.0001	225.14 ± 7.19	226.49 ± 7.67	223.31 ± 7.56	0.95
K+ (mg)	3,976.51 ± 71.99	3,552.79 ± 85.16	3,587.84 ± 88.06	<0.0001	3,295.71 ± 76.08	3,818.42 ± 81.10	4,156.51 ± 80.02	<0.0001
Ca2+ (mg)	1,363.65 ± 25.14	1,161.39 ± 29.74	1,130.21 ± 30.75	<0.0001	1,159.33 ± 27.57	1,239.88 ± 29.39	1,321.73 ± 28.99	<0.0001
Mg2+ (mg)	407.16 ± 6.83	357.14 ± 8.08	347.37 ± 8.35	<0.0001	350.59 ± 7.45	380.49 ± 7.94	397.87 ± 7.84	<0.0001
Fiber (g)	25.79 ± 0.57	25.46 ± 0.67	25.85 ± 0.69	0.9	22.91 ± 0.60	26.11 ± 0.64	28.40 ± 0.63	<0.0001

HEI, healthy eating index; MED, Mediterranean diet; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; CHO, carbohydrates; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acids; K⁺, potassium; Ca²⁺, calcium; Mg²⁺, magnesium. *Significant difference (p<0.05) using one way ANOVA.