Table 2.
Baseline BMD and Body Composition Measurements by Lowest and Highest Quintiles (Qs) of Dietary Pattern Scoring in the WHI BMD Study
| Dietary Patterna | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aMED | HEI-2010 | AHEI-2010 | DASH | |||||
| Q1 | Q5 | Q1 | Q5 | Q1 | Q5 | Q1 | Q5 | |
| Participants, No. (%) | 1534 (19.3) | 1840 (23.1) | 1565 (19.7) | 1653 (20.8) | 1473 (18.5) | 1747 (21.9) | 1199 (15.1) | 1801 (22.6) |
| BMD of the total hip, corrected, mean (SE), g/cm2b | 0.85 (0) | 0.86 (0) | 0.85 (0) | 0.87 (0) | 0.85 (0) | 0.86 (0) | 0.85 (0) | 0.86 (0) |
| Hip T score, No. (%) | ||||||||
| Normal BMD, T score ≥−1.0 | 909 (59.3) | 1015 (55.2) | 957 (61.2) | 887 (53.7) | 916 (62.2) | 901 (51.6) | 786 (65.6) | 923 (51.2) |
| Low BMD, −2.5 ≤ T score < −1.0 | 567 (37.0) | 739 (40.2) | 552 (35.3) | 665 (40.2) | 510 (34.6) | 750 (42.9) | 381 (31.8) | 770 (42.8) |
| Osteoporosis, T score <−2.5 | 58 (3.8.) | 86 (4.7) | 56 (3.6) | 101 (6.1) | 47 (3.2) | 96 (5.5) | 32 (2.7) | 108 (6.0) |
| Whole-body BMD, corrected, mean (SE), g/cm2b | 1.01 (0) | 1.03 (0) | 1.01 (0) | 1.03 (0) | 1.00 (0) | 1.03 (0) | 1.01 (0) | 1.03 (0) |
| Lean mass, mean (SE), kg | 37.36 (0.10) | 38.24 (0.09) | 37.48 (0.10) | 38.06 (0.10) | 37.32 (0.11) | 38.33 (0.10) | 37.61 (0.12) | 38.22 (0.10) |
| Lean mass, mean (SE), % | 54.68 (0.12) | 55.67 (0.11) | 54.73 (0.12) | 55.53 (0.12) | 54.57 (0.13) | 55.94 (0.12) | 54.74 (0.14) | 55.80 (0.12) |
Abbreviations: AHEI-2010, Alternate Healthy Eating Index 201019; aMED, alternate Mediterranean Diet13,17; BMD, bone mineral density; DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension21; HEI-2010, Healthy Eating Index 201018; WHI, Women’s Health Initiative.
a
Q1 represents the least healthy quintile; Q5, the healthiest quintile.
b
Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, body mass index, and WHI clinical trial assignment.