TABLE 2.

Eating occasions of foods and food groups by vegetarian status in the MASALA cohort¹

	Times/wk
	Vegetarian (n = 335)	Nonvegetarian (n = 557)	P
Alcohol	0.00 (0–0.23)	0.60 (0–3.0)	<0.001
Beans and legumes	8.50 (6.00–10.5)	5.12 (3.00–8.25)	<0.001
Whole grains	10.0 (7.00–14.0)	9.00 (6.00–14.0)	0.012
Some whole grains	0.79 (0.29–2.00)	0.87 (0.29–2.12)	0.691
Refined grains	7.3 (3.4–10.0)	7.0 (3.3–10.2)	0.813
Fats and oils	1.00 (0.00–7.00)	0.500 (0.00–5.00)	0.018
Fruit	13.6 (9.00–20.0)	14.4 (8.89–21.5)	0.248
Meat, poultry, seafood	0	4.00 (1.46–6.81)	<0.001
Egg	0 (0.00–0.25)	1.08 (0.500–3.00)	<0.001
Dairy	22.3 (15.0–29.3)	22.0 (15.3–30.1)	0.773
Mixed dishes	1.12 (0.50–2.00)	1.25 (0.56–2.12)	0.185
Nuts and oilseeds	6.00 (2.02–7.25)	6.00 (2.25–7.50)	0.587
Snacks	2.25 (1.10–4.60)	2.12 (1.00–4.37)	0.664
Sweets and desserts	1.87 (0.77–3.56)	2.29 (1.06–4.25)	<0.001
Sugar, candy, and jam	7.25 (1.00–14.3)	7.25 (1.12–14.5)	0.751
SSB	0.04 (0.00–0.500)	0.10 (0.00–0.500)	0.075
Starchy vegetables	2.50 (1.25–4.00)	2.37 (1.25–4.00)	0.576
Vegetables	26.3 (19.8–36.9)	27.1 (21.0–38.0)	0.186

¹Values are medians (IQRs). MASALA, Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America; SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage.