Table 4.
Major food consumption of the study participants by quartile (Q) categories of dietary pattern scores: Chinese adults aged 45–59 years (n 2004) from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, eastern China, June 2015–December 2016
| Traditional southern Chinese dietary pattern score | Western dietary pattern score | Grains–vegetables dietary pattern score | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 (lowest) (n 501) |
Q4 (highest) (n 501) |
Q1 (lowest) (n 501) |
Q4 (highest) (n 501) |
Q1 (lowest) (n 501) |
Q4 (highest) (n 501) |
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| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P | |
| Refined grains | 282·0 | 149·9 | 365·8 | 188·2 | <0·001 | 295·1 | 164·9 | 349·2 | 156·1 | <0·05 | 282·7 | 171·4 | 273·9 | 140·7 | 0·26 |
| Whole grains | 24·1 | 6·4 | 26·9 | 5·9 | 0·33 | 20·3 | 7·6 | 16·5 | 7·3 | <0·01 | 19·3 | 8·1 | 36·2 | 10·1 | <0·001 |
| Tubers | 17·0 | 12·5 | 20·9 | 11·2 | <0·05 | 21·1 | 11·3 | 19·1 | 13·7 | 0·51 | 18·7 | 10·6 | 28·9 | 11·3 | <0·01 |
| Vegetables | 377·8 | 135·0 | 408·2 | 166·9 | 0·21 | 393·5 | 286·2 | 388·7 | 149·5 | 0·87 | 327·3 | 169·1 | 457·8 | 149·6 | <0·001 |
| Fruits | 67·3 | 28·4 | 86·2 | 23·1 | <0·01 | 69·6 | 39·2 | 62·4 | 30·2 | 0·11 | 57·1 | 19·3 | 65·4 | 20·1 | <0·05 |
| Red meat | 69·6 | 39·2 | 65·5 | 30·2 | 0·37 | 60·0 | 31·6 | 74·5 | 42·2 | <0·001 | 58·6 | 34·1 | 67·9 | 46·2 | <0·05 |
| Fish and shrimp | 120·9 | 35·5 | 144·9 | 32·8 | <0·01 | 124·4 | 31·9 | 180·6 | 40·3 | <0·001 | 135·6 | 48·4 | 114·7 | 50·8 | <0·05 |
| Eggs | 50·3 | 13·2 | 71·0 | 10·6 | <0·001 | 59·0 | 10·8 | 61·6 | 12·8 | 0·63 | 63·3 | 14·5 | 57·8 | 12·4 | <0·05 |
| Drinks | 10·6 | 8·5 | 13·2 | 7·1 | 0·15 | 16·7 | 6·7 | 38·5 | 10·4 | <0·001 | 17·6 | 5·5 | 10·0 | 4·8 | <0·05 |