Table 1.
Demographic, health, and lifestyle characteristics according to level of Mediterranean diet Adherence
| Mediterranean diet adherence | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All (n = 851) |
Low (n = 147) |
Medium (n = 627) |
High (n = 77) |
p a | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Age (y) | 62.2 | 12.7 | 56.2 | 12.6 | 63.1 | 12.4 | 66.7 | 11.6 | <.001 |
| Education (y) | 14.7 | 2.7 | 14.0 | 2.5 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 15.4 | 2.7 | <.001 |
| Mean SBP (mm Hg) | 130.8 | 21.9 | 132.9 | 21.1 | 130.3 | 21.5 | 130.4 | 25.7 | .42 |
| Mean DBP (mm Hg) | 70.3 | 10.0 | 72.8 | 10.0 | 69.8 | 9.9 | 68.8 | 10.2 | <.01 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 201.3 | 39.1 | 201.7 | 38.5 | 200.8 | 39.3 | 204.3 | 38.6 | .76 |
| LDL (mg/dL) | 121.4 | 33.4 | 123.2 | 33.5 | 120.8 | 33.6 | 122.5 | 32.0 | .71 |
| HDL (mg/dL) | 54.0 | 15.4 | 51.7 | 15.3 | 54.0 | 15.3 | 58.6 | 15.6 | <.01 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 98.0 | 26.3 | 99.5 | 26.1 | 98.2 | 27.3 | 93.5 | 15.8 | .25 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 130.9 | 70.1 | 135.5 | 70.5 | 131.5 | 71.0 | 117.8 | 60.2 | .19 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.4 | 6.0 | 30.8 | 6.5 | 29.2 | 5.9 | 28.4 | 5.0 | <.01 |
| Physical activity (MET h/wk) | 20.1 | 26.3 | 15.0 | 20.6 | 20.4 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 28.3 | <.01 |
| Daily food intake (serves/day) | 14.7 | 4.5 | 13.4 | 4.7 | 14.8 | 4.5 | 16.1 | 3.3 | <.001 |
| Alcohol intake (g/wk) | 36.7 | 70 | 32.7 | 81.2 | 36.7 | 68.9 | 43.8 | 53.9 | .53 |
| Mediterranean diet score (max = 18) | 9.0 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 9.3 | 1.6 | 13.5 | 0.8 | <.001 |
Low, medium, and high groups for Mediterranean diet adherence were determined by splitting scores into equal ranges 0‐6 (low), 7‐12 (med), and 13‐18 (high).
a
One‐way ANOVAs were used to compare each continuous variable with the three levels of Mediterranean diet adherence.