Table 2. Dietary intakes of the study participants (macronutrients, vitamins, and minerals) across the tertiles of PDI, hPDI, and uPDI.

Variables		PDI score				hPDI score				uPDI score
		T1 (n = 105)	T2 (n = 101)	T3 (n = 94)	p value*	T1 (n = 103)	T2 (n = 94)	T3 (n = 103)	p value*	T1 (n = 93)	T2 (n = 111)	T3 (n = 96)	p value*
Energy (kcal/day)		2,568 ± 1,071	2,712 ± 710	3,876 ± 7,374	0.06	3,233 ± 1,348	2,625 ± 710	3,187 ± 7,052	0.53	3,089 ± 1,030	3,504 ± 6,818	2,414 ± 754	0.17
Macronutrient
	Carbohydrate (g/day)	366 ± 126	409 ± 97.9	631 ± 1,381	0.04	472 ± 196	395 ± 103	519 ± 1,322	0.54	454 ± 172	548 ± 1,274	376 ± 111	0.28
	Protein (g/day)	91.0 ± 33.9	94.3 ± 29.4	133 ± 290	0.14	109 ± 44.9	91.8 ± 28.8	113 ± 277	0.62	112 ± 40.7	123 ± 266	77.8 ± 23.6	0.12
	Total fat (g/day)	90.4 ± 60.0	86.7 ± 32.9	107 ± 129	0.18	110 ± 61.8	83.7 ± 33.5	88.1 ± 122	0.04	103 ± 36.5	104 ± 127	74.0 ± 33.7	0.01
	Dietary fiber (g/day)	52.9 ± 25.4	60.6 ± 22.4	92.6 ± 207	0.04	68.1 ± 33.0	58.2 ± 26.7	76.6 ± 198	0.55	66.0 ± 29.8	81.1 ± 191	54.5 ± 25.9	0.27
Vitamins, minerals
	Thiamin (mg/day)	2.23 ± 0.92	2.46 ± 0.74	4.12 ± 12.0	0.10	2.85 ± 1.41	2.43 ± 0.79	3.39 ± 11.4	0.61	2.72 ± 1.34	3.61 ± 11.0	2.26 ± 0.79	0.34
	Riboflavin (mg/day)	2.34 ± 0.92	2.35 ± 0.78	3.22 ± 5.98	0.12	2.76 ± 1.09	2.36 ± 0.79	2.72 ± 5.72	0.66	2.76 ± 0.93	3.06 ± 5.50	1.99 ± 0.73	0.07
	Niacin (mg/day)	26.5 ± 12.1	27.9 ± 9.53	42.9 ± 114	0.14	32.6 ± 16.1	27.2 ± 9.01	36.0 ± 109	0.63	32.6 ± 14.9	38.6 ± 105	24.1 ± 7.95	0.27
	Vitamin B6 (mg/day)	2.27 ± 0.96	2.38 ± 0.60	3.32 ± 6.00	0.06	2.71 ± 1.15	2.31 ± 0.71	2.86 ± 5.72	0.51	2.81 ± 0.86	3.00 ± 5.55	2.05 ± 0.60	0.12
	Folate (µg/day)	621 ± 192	704 ± 161	991 ± 1,502	< 0.001	787 ± 279	681 ± 187	820 ± 1,440	0.50	772 ± 240	868 ± 1,389	639 ± 187	0.16
	Vitamin D (µg/day)	2.08 ± 1.66	1.49 ± 1.16	1.34 ± 1.20	< 0.001	2.03 ± 1.69	1.55 ± 1.32	1.37 ± 1.04	< 0.001	1.97 ± 1.20	1.75 ± 1.54	1.23 ± 1.31	0.01
	Vitamin E (mg/day)	15.4 ± 10.8	14.4 ± 4.38	18.8 ± 27.3	0.16	17.1 ± 10.7	14.5 ± 5.23	16.8 ± 26.1	0.50	16.8 ± 5.83	17.9 ± 26.5	13.5 ± 5.48	0.16
	Vitamin A (µg/day)	668 ± 291	691 ± 272	810 ± 383	< 0.001	769 ± 353	678 ± 276	710 ± 324	0.12	846 ± 318	749 ± 333	565 ± 243	< 0.001
	Vitamin C (mg/day)	204 ± 112	237 ± 74.4	286 ± 109	< 0.001	239 ± 103	223 ± 89.7	260 ± 117	0.04	275 ± 97.8	236 ± 92.0	214 ± 117	< 0.001
	Vitamin B12 (µg/day)	4.20 ± 2.17	3.64 ± 1.60	3.53 ± 1.58	0.01	4.53 ± 1.85	3.80 ± 2.07	3.08 ± 1.20	< 0.001	4.46 ± 1.74	4.00 ± 1.97	2.93 ± 1.37	< 0.001
	Zn (mg/day)	13.2 ± 5.20	13.9 ± 4.74	22.0 ± 57.0	0.10	16.0 ± 7.41	13.8 ± 4.97	18.5 ± 54.5	0.60	16.5 ± 6.70	19.7 ± 52.4	11.8 ± 4.07	0.20
	Ca (mg/day)	1,442 ± 512	1,454 ± 476	1,851 ± 2,199	0.04	1,681 ± 644	1,448 ± 495	1,582 ± 2,082	0.45	1,702 ± 530	1,762 ± 2,015	1,233 ± 470	< 0.001
	Fe (mg/day)	36.7 ± 19.4	39.6 ± 16.0	60.8 ± 103	< 0.001	46.5 ± 30.2	37.9 ± 14.3	50.5 ± 97.4	0.33	48.1 ± 22.9	52.5 ± 94.7	33.9 ± 18.9	0.07

Values are shown as mean ± standard deviation or number (%).

One-way analysis of variance has been used.

PDI, plant-based diet index; hPDI, healthy plant-based diet index; uPDI, unhealthy plant-based diet index.

^*The p value less than 0.05 was considered significant.