. 2019 Jan-Mar;15(1):86–95. doi: 10.4183/aeb.2019.86

Table 4.

Multiple linear regression analysis for the association between dietary pattern scores, demographic characteristics, physical activity, and smoking status of the study population

	High meat/high fat pattern	Western pattern	Prudent pattern
Age	-0.009	-0.218^a	0.172^a
Gender	0.174^a	0.015	-0.096^a
Education	-0.087^a	0.006	0.035
Living area	-0.156^a	0.019	-0.008
Employment status	-0.034	-0.044	0.023
Physical activity	0.006	0.114^a	0.115^a
Current smoking	0.099^a	0.104^a	-0.097^a

The association was statistically significant at 0.05 level.

Variables coding: gender: women=1/men=2; education: primary school=1/ gymnasium=2/ secondary school=3 / professional education=4/ university=5; living area: rural=1/ urban=2; employment status: full time=1 / part time (<30 hours/week)=2 / unemployed=3 / not capable of working (disease/handicap)=4/ retired=5 / student=6 / homemakers=7/ other=8; current smoking: no=1 / yes=2; age and physical activity scores were included as continuous variables.