Table 7. Food group intake pattern and DDS of the subjects.
| GMVFD | Gender | Age group1) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 720) | Women (n = 1,585) | P-value2) | Young-aged (n = 277) | Prime-aged (n = 261) | Middle-aged (n = 605) | Old-aged (n = 1,162) | P-value2) | ||
| GMVFD pattern3) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||||
| 11110 | 186 (25.2) | 494 (30.0) | 62 (21.9) | 72 (25.4) | 211 (34.2) | 335 (28.4) | |||
| 11100 | 272 (36.0) | 339 (20.6) | 65 (25.9) | 68 (26.3) | 150 (26.1) | 328 (28.2) | |||
| 11111 | 95 (13.6) | 346 (23.4) | 67 (21.0) | 56 (23.8) | 126 (19.8) | 192 (16.4) | |||
| 11101 | 80 (13.2) | 152 (11.5) | 51 (18.7) | 38 (15.2) | 52 (9.6) | 90 (8.6) | |||
| 10100 | 34 (3.6) | 68 (3.3) | 3 (0.6) | 8 (3.5) | 18 (2.8) | 73 (5.6) | |||
| 10110 | 18 (2.3) | 73 (3.9) | 6 (2.1) | 6 (1.7) | 16 (2.2) | 63 (5.4) | |||
| Others | 35 (6.1) | 113 (7.4) | 23 (9.7) | 12 (4.1) | 32 (5.3) | 81 (7.4) | |||
| DDS4) | 3.56 ± 0.04 | 3.87 ± 0.03 | < 0.001 | 3.66 ± 0.08 | 3.66 ± 0.06 | 3.83 ± 0.04 | 3.77 ± 0.04 | 0.124 | |
Values are presented as number (%) or mean ± SE. The data were analyzed by the Complex Samples module of SPSS software.
GMVFD, grain, meat, vegetable, fruit, and dairy product; DDS, dietary diversity score.
1)Young-aged = 20–34 years old, prime-aged = 35–49 years old, middle-aged = 50–64 years old, old-aged = 65 years old and more; 2)P-value by χ2 test; 3)Unweighted frequencies and weighted percentages are presented; 4)Values are in model 2 (adjusted for confounding variables).