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. 2021 Jun 9;11:12215. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91611-7

Table 3.

Food groups, response variables intakes and serum Zn across quintiles of the simplified dietary pattern score. Female population NHANES 2011–2012.

NHANES 2011–2012
Female
Simplified dietary pattern 1 (foods rich in Zn and PUFAs) Simplified dietary pattern 2 (foods rich in Zn and poor in PUFAs)
Low adherence 1st quintile Moderate adherence 3rd quintile High adherence 5th quintile p value Low adherence 1st quintile Moderate adherence 3rd quintile High adherence 5th quintile p value
Food groups1
Low fat dairy products (g/day) 32.8 (2.7–512) 58.0 (3.1–617) 87.4 (2.4–707) 0.03 20.6 (2.4–329) 59.2 (3.1–423) 202 (5.4–707)  < 0.01
Whole fat dairy products (g/day) 74.7 (7.1–581) 72.5 (3.7–369) 86.5 (7–588) 0.53 49.1 (4.3–256) 74.0 (4.0–381) 176 (11.8–588)  < 0.01
Red meat (g/day) 24.4 (9.2–102) 23.3 (9.1–71) 23.9 (10.4–75) 0.05 20.6 (9.2–55) 24.5 (10–69) 32.6 (11–102)  < 0.01
Eggs (g/day) 8.5 (2.5–81) 12.1 (1.2–110) 15.4 (1.5–172)  < 0.01 11.2 (1.2–130) 12.4 (2.5–120) 12 (2.6–125) 0.85
Nuts and seeds (g/day) 1.1 (0.2–33) 1.6 (0.2–40) 3.3 (0.2–200)  < 0.01 1.2 (0.2–75) 1.4 (0.2–78) 1.8 (0.2–118) 0.12
Cakes, cookies, pies, pastries, bars (g/day) 13.5 (4.4–74) 30.5 (2.3–111) 41.3 (5.3–120)  < 0.01 47.7 (5.1–120) 19.9 (5–85) 18.5 (2.3–69)  < 0.01
Crackers and salty snacks from grain products (g/day) 4.5 (0.5–25) 7.6 (1.1–51) 18.6 (1–66)  < 0.01 7.9 (1.1–66) 7.6 (1.1–55) 6.3 (1–43) 0.06
Cereals, not cooked or non-specified as to cooked (g/day) 1.3 (0.2–35) 1.8 (0.4–59) 2.0 (0.4–113)  < 0.01 1.1 (0.4–45) 1.4 (0.3–63) 21.1 (0.4–113)  < 0.01
Grain mixtures, frozen plate meals, soups (g/day) 85 (31–271) 120 (29.5–348) 209 (30–517)  < 0.01 135.3 (18–517) 133 (34–428) 131 (31–491) 0.45
Cereals, grains, pastas, frozen plate meals, bakery products good source of fiber (g/day) 82.3 (17–284) 141 (28–462) 222 (46–532)  < 0.01 159 (17–455) 147 (24–462) 150 (17–532) 0.84
Starchy vegetables (g/day) 22.4 (7–87) 36 (3–145) 42 (8–191)  < 0.01 34 (10–137) 32 (7–171) 31 (3–191) 0.20
Salad dressing (g/day) 2.7 (0.5–22) 4.0 (0.2–29) 6.5 (0.5–42)  < 0.01 9 (0.4–42) 3.0 (0.2–29) 2.8 (0.5–18)  < 0.01
Response variables1
Zink intake (mg/day) 9.59 (6.2–21) 9.55 (5.15–16) 10.0 (4.3–16.7) 0.02 8.67 (4.3–13) 9.41 (6.2–17.3) 11.11 (6.5–20.7)  < 0.01
Polyunsaturated fatty acid intake (g/day) 16.15 (8.6–24) 16.8 (10–27.5) 17.41 (9.7–29)  < 0.01 18.03 (10.7–31) 16.58 (10–27.5) 15.28 (8.6–29)  < 0.01
Serum zinc
Serum Zinc (ug/dl) 84.3 (58–127) 86.6 (69–113) 83.6 (49–123) 0.90 84.1 (49–108) 83.6 (54–119) 83.6 (50–119) 0.86

1Differences in quintiles for food and nutrients intakes were tested using linear trend, adjusting for energy. The top number in each cell is the median value and the data in parenthesis is the range.