Table 3.
General characteristics across tertiles of dietary pattern scores.
| Variables | Dietary Pattern Score | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern 1 White Rice and Salted Vegetables |
Pattern 2 Vegetables, Oils, and Fish |
Pattern 3 Noodles and Meat |
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| Tertile 1 (Lowest) (n = 1544) |
Tertile 2 (Middle) (n = 1544) |
Tertile 3 (Highest) (n = 1544) |
p-Value | Tertile 1 (Lowest) (n = 1544) |
Tertile 2 (Middle) (n = 1544) |
Tertile 3 (Highest) (n = 1544) |
p-Value | Tertile 1 (Lowest) (n = 1544) |
Tertile 2 (Middle) (n = 1544) |
Tertile 3 (Highest) (n = 1544) |
p-Value | |
| Age (years, mean ± SE) | 71.6 ± 0.2 | 72.5 ± 0.2 | 73.6 ± 0.1 | <0.0001 | 73.1 ± 0.1 | 72.7 ± 0.2 | 71.8 ± 0.2 | <0.0001 | 72.2 ± 0.2 | 72.9 ± 0.1 | 72.5 ± 0.2 | 0.0037 |
| Age range (years) | ||||||||||||
| 65–69 | 622 (41.3) | 518 (33.6) | 398 (25.6) | <0.0001 | 415 (27.9) | 516 (32.7) | 607 (39.9) | <0.0001 | 548 (36.3) | 487 (30.8) | 503 (33.7) | 0.0448 |
| 70–79 | 745 (47.1) | 811 (53.1) | 855 (55.7) | 850 (55.4) | 807 (52.3) | 754 (48.2) | 796 (51.0) | 809 (53.8) | 806 (50.9) | |||
| 80≤ | 177 (11.5) | 215 (13.3) | 291 (18.7) | 279 (16.7) | 221 (15.0) | 183 (11.9) | 200 (12.7) | 248 (15.4) | 235 (15.4) | |||
| Gender (male, %) | 612 (41.2) | 782 (52.5) | 790 (52.8) | <0.0001 | 630 (41.0) | 736 (50.4) | 818 (54.7) | <0.0001 | 581 (39.6) | 710 (47.5) | 893 (59.2) | <0.0001 |
| Living status (living alone, %) | 317 (17.3) | 314 (16.7) | 359 (18.5) | 0.4475 | 414 (21.9) | 276 (14.8) | 300 (16.1) | <0.0001 | 343 (18.0) | 326 (17.3) | 321 (17.3) | 0.8580 |
| Residence (rural, %) | 302 (15.0) | 442 (21.4) | 556 (28.7) | <0.0001 | 495 (24.2) | 419 (21.7) | 386 (19.2) | 0.0147 | 393 (19.8) | 453 (22.4) | 454 (22.7) | 0.1996 |
| Education (≤elementary school, %) | 707 (43.5) | 910 (56.5) | 1091 (68.9) | <0.0001 | 1042 (64.9) | 896 (57.1) | 770 (46.8) | <0.0001 | 895 (54.4) | 951 (60.3) | 862 (53.7) | 0.0031 |
| Family income level (≤low, %) | 549 (34.9) | 715 (44.9) | 900 (55.3) | <0.0001 | 851 (52.0) | 695 (43.1) | 618 (39.9) | <0.0001 | 721 (44.0) | 750 (47.5) | 693 (43.2) | 0.0974 |
| Current smoker (%) | 102 (2.3) | 145 (9.8) | 192 (12.3) | <0.0001 | 135 (9.0) | 138 (8.8) | 166 (11.0) | 0.1539 | 94 (6.0) | 127 (8.8) | 218 (14.0) | <0.0001 |
| High-risk alcohol consumption (%) | 42 (2.6) | 61 (3.8) | 84 (5.7) | 0.0002 | 38 (2.4) | 47 (3.1) | 102 (6.6) | <0.0001 | 38 (2.3) | 43 (2.8) | 106 (7.0) | <0.0001 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2, mean ± SE) | 24.2 ± 0.1 | 24.1 ± 0.1 | 23.9 ± 0.1 | 0.1164 | 24.0 ± 0.1 | 24.0 ± 0.1 | 24.1 ± 0.1 | 0.5946 | 24.0 ± 0.1 | 24.0 ± 0.1 | 24.1 ± 0.1 | 0.6819 |
| Body mass index range (kg/m2) | ||||||||||||
| <18.5 | 28 (1.8) | 35 (2.2) | 57 (3.9) | 0.0157 | 53 (3.8) | 37 (2.4) | 30 (1.7) | 0.0222 | 35 (2.1) | 43 (3.1) | 42 (2.7) | 0.5585 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 934 (60.9) | 949 (61.9) | 950 (62.2) | 923 (59.7) | 963 (63.2) | 947 (62.1) | 963 (63.1) | 930 (60.7) | 940 (61.3) | |||
| ≥25.0 | 582 (37.3) | 560 (35.8) | 537 (33.9) | 568 (36.5) | 544 (34.4) | 567 (36.2) | 546 (34.8) | 571 (36.2) | 562 (36.0) | |||
| Comorbidity (%) | 334 (21.2) | 307 (20.1) | 284 (17.6) | 0.0692 | 324 (20.6) | 328 (21.4) | 273 (17.1) | 0.0192 | 340 (21.2) | 296 (18.9) | 289 (19.0) | 0.2871 |
Values are presented as mean ± standard error (SE) or n (%). All p-values were determined by the chi-square test and general linear model.