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. 2021 Jan 25;19:44. doi: 10.1186/s12967-021-02704-w

Table 3.

Dietary intakes of participants by quartiles of posteriori dietary patterns in the participants of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (n = 4793)

Quartiles of healthy dietary pattern score P trend Quartiles of unhealthy dietary pattern score P trend
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
n 1198 1198 1199 1198 1198 1198 1199 1198
Dietary intakes
 Liquid oils (gr/1000 kcal) 2.83 (2.0) 3.68 (2.4) 4.35 (2.8) 5.54 (4.1)  < 0.001 3.24 (2.2) 3.90 (2.5) 4.33 (3.0) 4.93 (4.1) 0.104
 Solid oils (gr/1000 kcal) 7.91 (7.1) 6.26 (5.6) 5.29 (5.2) 3.88 (4.7)  < 0.001 4.82 (5.6) 5.97 (6.0) 6.28 (6.1) 6.27 (5.8)  < 0.001
 Added sugars (% of energy) 5.39 (3.4) 5.45 (3.3) 5.07 (2.9) 4.24 (2.6)  < 0.001 2.71 (1.4) 4.01 (1.8) 5.36 (2.2) 8.07 (3.6)  < 0.001
 Legumesa 0.15 (0.1) 0.18 (0.1) 0.20 (0.1) 0.22 (0.2)  < 0.001 0.24 (0.2) 0.19 (0.1) 0.18 (0.1) 0.15 (0.1)  < 0.001
 Red meatsa 0.32 (0.2) 0.37 (0.2) 0.41 (0.3) 0.41 (0.3)  < 0.001 0.28 (0.1) 0.35 (0.2) 0.41 (0.2) 0.48 (0.3)  < 0.001
 Nuts and seedsa 0.13 (0.2) 0.18 (0.2) 0.22 (0.3) 0.29 (0.4)  < 0.001 0.14 (0.1) 0.20 (0.2) 0.22 (0.3) 0.28 (0.4)  < 0.001
 Fast foodsa 0.16 (0.2) 0.18 (0.2) 0.17 (0.1) 0.14 (0.1) 0.004 0.07 (0.07) 0.12 (0.0) 0.17 (0.1) 0.28 (0.2)  < 0.001
 Low fat dairy productsa 0.49 (0.3) 0.58 (0.4) 0.62 (0.3) 0.73 (0.4)  < 0.001 0.77 (0.4) 0.62 (0.3) 0.57 (0.3) 0.46 (0.3)  < 0.001
 High fat dairy productsa 0.31 (0.3) 0.34 (0.3) 0.35 (0.3) 0.32 (0.3) 0.39 0.21 (0.2) 0.33 (0.3) 0.37 (0.3) 0.39 (0.3)  < 0.001
 Green vegetablesa 0.14 (0.1) 0.21 (0.1) 0.29 (0.2) 0.43 (0.3)  < 0.001 0.29 (0.2) 0.29 (0.2) 0.27 (0.2) 0.23 (0.1)  < 0.001
 Yellow and red vegetablesa 0.15 (0.1) 0.24 (0.1) 0.32 (0.2) 0.53 (0.3)  < 0.001 0.36 (0.3) 0.32 (0.2) 0.30 (0.2) 0.25 (0.2)  < 0.001
 Other vegetablesa 0.38 (0.1) 0.55 (0.2) 0.74 (0.3) 1.08 (0.5)  < 0.001 0.75 (0.5) 0.72 (0.4) 0.69 (0.4) 0.60 (0.4)  < 0.001
 Refined grainsa 5.62 (1.6) 4.19 (1.3) 3.56 (1.2) 2.74 (1.2)  < 0.001 4.68 (2.03) 4.17 (1.6) 3.76 (1.5) 3.49 (1.3)  < 0.001
 Whole grainsa 0.75 (1.0) 0.83 (1.1) 0.78 (0.98) 0.78 (0.9) 0.42 1.28 (1.4) 0.78 (0.9) 0.59 (0.69) 0.49 (0.5)  < 0.001
 Salty snacksa 0.11 (0.1) 0.13 (0.1) 0.14 (0.3) 0.13 (0.2)  < 0.001 0.08 (0.1) 0.11 (0.1) 0.14 (0.1) 0.18 (0.4)  < 0.001
 Poultry and fisha 0.45 (0.3) 0.56 (0.4) 0.64 (0.5) 0.76 (0.7)  < 0.001 0.53 (0.4) 0.59 (0.5) 0.64 (0.6) 0.65 (0.6) 0. 276
 Tea and coffee (gr/day) 559 (461) 577 (434) 599 (434) 599 (463) 0.006 443 (323) 523 (366) 606 (444) 733 (586)  < 0.001
 Carbonated drinks (gr/day) 62.5 (85.9) 53.8 (70.1) 42.6 (59.0) 29.6 (46.2)  < 0.001 12.3 (14.7) 22.4 (24.9) 40.9 (41.2) 113 (99.5)  < 0.001
 Total fruita 0.70 (0.5) 1.07 (0.7) 1.30 (0.8) 1.62 (0.9)  < 0.001 1.10 (0.8) 1.23 (0.8) 1.23 (0.9) 1.11 (0.8) 0.73
 Fruits juice* 0.07 (0.1) 0.11 (0.2) 0.13 (0.2) 0.15 (0.2)  < 0.001 0.08 (0.1) 0.11 (0.16) 0.12 (0.18) 0.14 (0.19)  < 0.001
 Salt (gr/1000 kcal) 2.46 (2.0) 2.91 (2.0) 2.71 (2.1) 2.71 (2.0) 0.18 2.39 (1.8) 2.53 (1.8) 2.96 (1.9) 2.90 (2.3)  < 0.001
 Total energy (kcal/day) 2473 (722) 2445 (712) 2378 (694) 2295 (718)  < 0.001 2282 (698) 2323 (709) 2416 (706) 2570 (713)  < 0.001

P trend was calculated by treating quartiles of food groups and energy intake as a continuous variable in the linear regression model. Values are reported as mean (SD)

aServings per 1000 kcal