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. 2020 Jan 14;19:5. doi: 10.1186/s12937-019-0519-2

Table 5.

Mean nutrient intakes for each tertile of dietary pattern score (n = 251)

Dietary Pattern 1 Dietary Pattern 2 Dietary Pattern 3
Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3 P-trend1 Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3 P-trend1 Tertile 1 Tertile 2 Tertile 3 P-trend1
Dietary Pattern Score2 −0.78 (−2.3 to − 0.37) −0.12 (− 0.36 to 0.15) 0.91 (0.16 to 4.0) −0.90 (− 2.8 to − 0.36) − 0.06 (− 0.35 to 0.31) 0.96 (0.32 to 2.84) − 0.89 (− 2.9 to − 0.39) −0.08 (− 0.39 to 0.28) 0.97 (0.29 to 3.85)
E intake (MJ/day) 7.8 (7.2, 8.3) 8.6 (8.0, 9.1) 11.3 (10.7, 11.8) <  0.001 9.1 (8.4, 9.8) 8.4 (7.8, 9.1) 10.0 (9.4, 10.7) 0.002 9.0 (8.4, 9.7) 8.9 (8.3, 9.6) 9.6 (8.9, 10.2) 0.342
Na intake (mmol/day) 99.8 (90.2, 109.4) 108.4 (98.8, 118.0) 149.3 (140.1, 159.4) <  0.001 117.6 (106.8, 128.3) 107.5 (97.3, 118.0) 131.9 (121.7, 142.4) 0.005 125.1 (114.7, 135.8) 115.3 (104.8, 126.1) 116.7 (106.1, 127.4) 0.380
E adjusted Na (mmol/d) 115.9 (109.4, 122.3) 115.5 (108.8, 122.1) 125.9 (116.7, 135.1) 0.088 118.5 (111.3, 125.6) 116.2 (109.6, 122.7) 122.5 (113.7, 131.3) 0.487 126.8 (119.5, 134.2) 118.1 (110.4, 125.9) 112.2 (105.0, 119.4) 0.022
K intake (mmol/day) 79.0 (73.7, 84.4) 89.4 (84.0, 94.8) 105.7 (100.2, 111.1) <  0.001 99.8 (94.1, 105.6) 87.0 (81.2, 92.8) 87.1 (81.4, 92.9) 0.002 82.2 (76.5, 87.8) 91.5 (85.8, 97.2) 100.3 (94.6, 106.0) < 0.001
E adjusted K (mmol/d) 87.4 (83.3, 91.5) 93.1 (89.0, 97.2) 93.4 (88.5, 98.4) 0.096 100.3 (95.3, 105.2) 91.5 (88.0, 95.0) 82.2 (78.5, 85.9) <  0.001 83.1 (79.0, 87.1) 93.0 (88.5, 97.5) 97.9 (93.9, 102.0) <  0.001
Na:K molar ratio 1.33 (1.22, 1.45) 1.25 (1.14, 1.37) 1.49 (1.37, 1.60) 0.016 1.24 (1.12, 1.35) 1.27 (1.15, 1.38) 1.57 (1.46, 1.68) < 0.001 1.59 (1.48, 1.70) 1.30 (1.19, 1.41) 1.18 (1.07, 1.29) < 0.001

Significant data are in bold

1P-trend computed by one-way between groups analysis of variance (ANOVA)

2Mean (range) dietary pattern score

All other values are mean (95% CI) for each tertile

Abbreviations: E energy; Na sodium; K potassium; Na:K