Table 3.
Characteristics of study participants by quartile categories of each dietary pattern score a.
| MVF Dietary Pattern | MS Dietary Pattern | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q4 | p trend | Q1 | Q4 | p trend | |
| Age | 70.6 (7.7) | 66.6 (5.5) | <0.001 | 69.2 (6.6) | 68.5 (7.0) | 0.06 |
| Female (%) | 213 (56.7) | 156 (41.5) | <0.001 | 208 (55.5) | 159 (42.4) | <0.001 |
| Lack of formal education | 60 (16.0) | 19 (5.1) | <0.001 | 48 (12.8) | 23 (6.1) | 0.10 |
| Marital Status | 305 (81.1) | 344 (91.5) | <0.001 | 294 (78.4) | 336 (89.4) | <0.001 |
| Current smoking | 79 (20.0) | 80 (21.3) | 0.82 | 67 (17.9) | 107 (28.5) | <0.001 |
| Alcohol drinking | 43 (11.4) | 81(21.5) | <0.001 | 46 (12.3) | 72 (19.2) | 0.006 |
| Lower physical activities | 282 (75.0) | 205 (54.5) | <0.001 | 229 (61.1) | 260 (69.2) | 0.04 |
| Energy intake | 1299.7 (632.3) | 1742.8 (760.1) | <0.001 | 1366.8 (601.4) | 1753.7 (788.2) | <0.001 |
| Salt intake | 7.2 (2.60) | 8.1 (3.2) | 0.003 | 8.3 (3.5) | 7.5 (2.8) | 0.005 |
| Stroke | 37 (9.8) | 48 (12.8) | 0.29 | 67 (17.9) | 25 (6.7) | <0.001 |
| Hypertension | 194 (51.6) | 250 (66.5) | 0.001 | 277 (73.9) | 183 (48.7) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 39 (10.4) | 56 (14.9) | 0.02 | 62 (16.5) | 31 (8.2) | <0.001 |
| ADL disability | 101 (27.2) | 44 (11.8) | <0.001 | 80 (21.5) | 61 (16.3) | 0.06 |
| Obesity | 30 (7.98) | 41 (10.90) | 0.20 | 51 (13.6) | 34 (9.0) | 0.12 |
| High TC | 29(7.7) | 19 (5.3) | 0.14 | 19 (5.1) | 19(5.1) | 0.93 |
| High TG | 55 (14.6) | 61 (16.2) | 0.43 | 59(15.7) | 48 (12.8) | 0.38 |
a Data are shown as n (%) for categorical variables, including female, lack of formal education, marital status, current smoking, alcohol drinking, lower physical activities, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, ADL disability, obesity, high triglyceride, and high cholesterol; and shown as mean (SD) for continuous variables, including age and energy intake. ADL: Activities of daily living; TC: total cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride; MVF = mushrooms, vegetables, fruits; MS = meat, soybeans; Q: Quartile.