Table 3.
Dietary pattern scores of participants by sex and age groups (n = 780).
| Dietary Pattern Score, Mean (SD) | Sex | Age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 335) |
Female (n = 445) |
p value a | 65–59 (n = 472) |
70–74 (n = 308) |
p Value a | |
| CHEI | 66.10 (11.58) | 68.25 (11.70) | 0.011 | 68.18 (11.55) | 66.02 (11.80) | 0.012 |
| DASH | 24.79 (4.57) | 25.55 (4.43) | 0.020 | 25.52 (4.56) | 24.77 (4.39) | 0.023 |
| MD | 3.54 (1.37) | 4.13 (1.42) | <0.001 | 3.94 (1.45) | 3.77 (1.38) | 0.108 |
| Factor 1: Protein-rich | 0.12 (1.16) | −0.09 (0.85) | 0.005 | 0.09 (1.12) | −0.13 (0.75) | 0.003 |
| Factor 2: Vegetables | 0.02 (0.70) | −0.02 (1.18) | 0.605 | 0.02 (1.13) | −0.02 (0.76) | 0.686 |
| Factor 3: Sugar, oil and condiments | 0.07 (1.14) | −0.05 (0.88) | 0.104 | −0.04 (1.07) | 0.06 (0.88) | 0.160 |
CHEI: Chinese Healthy Eating Index; DASH: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; MD: Mediterranean Diet; a p-value between sex and age groups by independent samples t-tests; the p values < 0.05 level are shown in bold.