TABLE 3.

Associations between dietary patterns and measures of alpha diversity¹

	Western dietary pattern			Prudent dietary pattern
Alpha diversity measure	β coefficient	95% CI	P value2	β coefficient	95% CI	P value
Shannon
Univariable	−0.037	−0.090, 0.015	0.16	−0.029	−0.080, 0.022	0.27
Multivariable3	−0.023	−0.099, 0.054	0.56	−0.014	−0.073, 0.045	0.64
Inverse Simpson
Univariable	−0.85	−1.70, −0.01	0.05	−0.62	−1.44, 0.19	0.13
Multivariable	−0.62	−1.85, 0.61	0.32	−0.45	−1.40, 0.49	0.35

¹ n = 517.

²Derived from a multiple linear regression.

³Multivariable model adjusted for age, race, clinical center, energy intake, BMI, and library size.