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Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2020 Oct 1;120(12):1963–1973.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.07.020

Table 3 (online only).

Comparisons of diet quality scores and physical fitness among 687 adults within the Emory University-Georgia Tech Predictive Health Initiative cohort from 2007–2013 classified into three body composition subtypes and stratified by sex ^a

Diet Quality Score or Fitness Measure	Lean	Normal Weight Obesity	Overweight-Obesity
Female participants
Alternative Healthy Eating Index^b	55.0 ± 1.5^x	51.4 ± 1.1^x	47.3 ± 0.7^y
DASH Score ^b,c	5.2 ± 0.1^x	5.0 ± 0.1^x	4.7 ± 0.1^y
Mediterranean Diet Score^b	5.0 ± 0.2^x	4.4 ± 0.2^x,y	4.0 ± 0.1^y
VO2 Maximum (mL/min/kg)^d	37.4 ± 1.2^x	32.6 ± 0.8^y	28.9 ± 0.5^z
Male participants
Alternative Healthy Eating Index^b	50.1 ± 1.9 ^x	48.1 ± 1.7 ^x	47.0 ± 1.1 ^x
DASH Score ^b,c	5.3 ± 0.2 ^x	5.3 ± 0.2 ^x	5.0 ± 0.1 ^x
Mediterranean Diet Score^b	4.6 ± 0.3 ^x	4.6 ± 0.3 ^x	4.4 ± 0.2 ^x
VO2 Maximum (mL/min/kg)^d	44.4 ± 1.7^x	41.4 ± 1.5^y	38.1 ± 1.0^y

Values are presented as mean ± SE adjusting for age and race.

n=62, 121, and 267 in the lean, NWO, and overweight-obesity groups, respectively, in females and n=36, 41, and 160 in the lean, NWO, and overweight-obesity groups, respectively, in males

DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension

VO₂, volume of oxygen. n=57, 116, and 232 in the lean, NWO, and overweight-obesity groups, respectively in females and n=34, 38, and 151 in the lean, NWO, and overweight-obesity groups, respectively in males

^x,y,z

Results of multiple linear regression and Tukey post hoc analyses are denoted by superscript letters x, y, and z and indicate significant differences between groups for each row. Within rows, values that are not connected by the same letter are significantly different at P< 0.05.