Table 5.

Proportion (%) of participants remaining in the same quartile for dietary pattern score from childhood to young adulthood in total sample.

	Childhood vs. Adolescence			Adolescence vs. Adulthood			Childhood vs. Adulthood
	%	Kappa Agreement	p Value	%	Kappa Agreement	p Value	%	Kappa Agreement	p Value
Females	n = 44			n = 48			n = 45
Vegetarian-style	34.1	0.121	0.164	41.7	0.222	0.008	44.4	0.259	0.003
Western-like	34.1	0.121	0.164	33.3	0.111	0.182	22.2	−0.038	0.663
High fat, high-protein	43.2	0.242	0.005	47.9	0.306	<0.001	44.4	0.259	0.003
Mixed	25.0	0.000	1.000	43.8	0.250	0.003	28.9	0.051	0.551
Snack	40.9	0.212	0.015	37.5	0.167	0.046	33.3	0.111	0.199
Males	n = 47			n = 65			n = 50
Vegetarian-style	51.1	0.347	<0.001	30.8	0.077	0.284	32.0	0.093	0.256
Western-like	34.0	0.120	0.154	21.5	−0.046	0.517	28.0	0.039	0.629
High fat, high-protein	48.9	0.319	<0.001	24.6	−0.005	0.940	18.0	−0.094	0.250
Mixed	25.5	0.007	0.937	35.4	0.138	0.054	32.0	0.093	0.256
Snack	25.5	0.007	0.937	35.4	0.138	0.054	32.0	0.093	0.256

Childhood: 9–13 years old; adolescence: 14–18 years old; adulthood: >18 years old.