Table 3.
Socio-demographic characteristics of participants across quintiles categories of dietary pattern scores in Diqing, Yunnan, China (N = 3,5 s91)
| Demographic characteristics | Grassland healthy | Tuber and meat | Fruit and vegetable | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q5 | Q1 | Q5 | Q1 | Q5 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 265 (37.2) | 282 (39.3) | 245 (34.2) | 363 (50.4)*** | 236 (32.9) | 312 (43.8)*** |
| Female | 448 (62.8) | 436 (60.7) | 471 (65.8) | 357 (49.6) | 482 (67.1) | 400 (56.2) |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–35 | 164 (23.0) | 315 (43.9)*** | 213 (29.7) | 239 (33.2)*** | 180 (25.1) | 207 (29.1)*** |
| 36–45 | 186 (26.1) | 114 (15.9) | 147 (20.5) | 178 (24.7) | 169 (23.5) | 202 (28.4) |
| 46–55 | 148 (20.8) | 124 (17.3) | 117 (16.3) | 159 (22.1) | 137 (18.6) | 139 (19.5) |
| 56- | 215 (30.2) | 165 (23.0) | 239 (33.4) | 144 (20.0) | 232 (32.3) | 164 (23.0) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Tibetan | 238 (33.4) | 223 (31.1) | 203 (28.4) | 332 (46.1)*** | 360 (50.1) | 200 (28.1)*** |
| Lisu | 94 (13.2) | 171 (23.8) | 114 (15.9) | 115 (16.0) | 109 (15.2) | 84 (11.8) |
| Naxi | 230 (32.3) | 128 (17.8) | 182 (25.4) | 155 (21.5) | 135 (18.8) | 219 (30.8) |
| Han | 98 (13.7) | 142 (19.8) | 154 (21.5) | 74 (10.3) | 71 (9.9) | 137 (19.2) |
| Other | 53 (7.4) | 54 (7.5) | 63 (8.8) | 44 (6.1) | 43 (6.0) | 72 (10.1) |
| Education | ||||||
| < Middle school | 515 (72.2) | 308 (42.9)*** | 462 (64.5) | 420 (58.3) | 504 (70.2) | 434 (61.0)** |
| Middle school | 131 (18.4) | 313 (43.6) | 182 (24.5) | 231 (32.1) | 150 (20.9) | 204 (28.7) |
| > Middle school | 67 (9.4) | 97 (13.5) | 72 (10.1) | 69 (9.6) | 64 (8.9) | 74 (10.4) |
n: number of participants in each quintile. Q1: 1st quintile. Q5: 5th quintile. Chi-square tests were used determine if there were any significant differences between the 1st quintile and 5th quintile of each dietary pattern score regards to participants’ demographic characteristics. **p for trend < 0.01, ***p for trend < 0.001