Table 3.
Dietary characteristics of RADIEMS Cohort of People with Early MS
Overall cohort | Approximate Quartile of MIND Diet | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
N | 180 | 49 | 52 | 39 | 40 |
Key Dietary Variables, mean (SD) | |||||
DASH score | 24.1 (5.8) | 19.9 (5.4) | 22.9 (3.5) | 25.7 (4.7) | 29.4 (5.0) |
Vegetables, servings/day | 4.3 (3.2) | 2.3 (1.4) | 3.9 (2.5) | 4.5 (1.8) | 6.8 (4.7) |
Fruits, servings/day | 1.7 (1.4) | 1.0 (0.9) | 1.3 (1.1) | 1.9 (1.0) | 2.6 (1.9) |
Whole grains, servings/day | 0.8 (0.8) | 0.6 (0.6) | 0.6 (0.6) | 0.9 (1.0) | 1.1 (0.9) |
Nuts, servings/day | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.4) | 0.4 (0.4) | 0.8 (1.1) |
Low fat dairy, servings/day | 1.2 (1.1) | 1.2 (0.7) | 1.3 (1.1) | 1.3 (1.1) | 1.1 (1.5) |
Full fat dairy, servings/day | 0.7 (1.0) | 0.5 (0.5) | 0.9 (1.2) | 0.9 (1.1) | 0.6 (1.0) |
Red and processed meats, servings/day | 0.8 (0.7) | 0.9 (0.8) | 0.8 (0.6) | 0.8 (0.8) | 0.5 (0.6) |
Sweets/desserts, servings/day | 0.7 (0.8) | 0.8 (1.1) | 0.7 (0.8) | 0.6 (0.4) | 0.5 (0.4) |
Saturated fat, grams/day | 24.1 (5.0) | 26.5 (4.2) | 24.7 (4.6) | 23.9 (4.5) | 20.4 (5.0) |
Polyunsaturated fat intake, grams/day | 2.2 (0.9) | 1.9 (0.4) | 2.1 (0.6) | 2.2 (0.7) | 2.6 (1.6) |
Omega-3 fatty acid intake, grams/day | 0.4 (0.4) | 0.3 (0.3) | 0.5 (0.4) | 0.4 (0.3) | 0.6 (0.5) |