Table 2.
Tertiles of dietary patterns over subjects with different baseline characteristics in Southwest China (%).
| Characteristics | Junk Food Pattern | Vegetable–Grain Pattern | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | p-Value | Low | Medium | High | p-Value | |
| Participants, n | 1814 | 1814 | 1814 | 1814 | 1814 | 1814 | ||
| Age, years | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 18.0–34.9 | 1013 (31.0) | 1032 (31.6) | 1222 (37.4) | 985 (30.1) | 1141 (34.9) | 1141 (34.9) | ||
| 35.0–49.9 | 553 (35.9) | 551 (35.7) | 438 (28.4) | 537 (34.8) | 500 (32.4) | 505 (32.7) | ||
| ≥50.0 | 248 (39.2) | 231 (36.5) | 154 (24.3) | 292 (46.1) | 173 (27.3) | 168 (26.5) | ||
| Gender | 0.101 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Women | 953 (32.1) | 1011 (34.0) | 1006 (33.9) | 1096 (36.9) | 980 (33.0) | 894 (30.1) | ||
| Men | 861 (34.8) | 803 (32.5) | 808 (32.7) | 718 (29.0) | 834 (33.7) | 920 (37.2) | ||
| Han Chinese | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 832 (26.9) | 982 (31.7) | 1282 (41.4) | 1206 (39.0) | 1021 (33.0) | 869 (28.1) | ||
| No | 982 (41.9) | 832 (35.5) | 532 (22.7) | 608 (25.9) | 793 (33.8) | 945 (40.3) | ||
| Education years | <0.001 | 0.001 | ||||||
| >9 | 608 (24.8) | 729 (29.7) | 1116 (45.5) | 772 (31.5) | 799 (32.6) | 882 (36.0) | ||
| ≤9 | 1206 (40.3) | 1085 (36.3) | 698 (23.4) | 1042 (34.9) | 1015 (34.0) | 932 (31.2) | ||
| Married | <0.001 | 0.677 | ||||||
| Yes | 1480 (33.8) | 1512 (34.5) | 1388 (31.7) | 1449 (33.1) | 1470 (33.6) | 1461 (33.4) | ||
| No | 334 (31.5) | 302 (28.4) | 426 (40.1) | 365 (34.4) | 344 (32.4) | 353 (33.2) | ||
| Farmers | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 1236 (39.7) | 1082 (34.8) | 793 (25.5) | 974 (31.3) | 1093 (35.1) | 1044 (33.6) | ||
| No | 578 (24.8) | 732 (31.4) | 1021 (43.8) | 840 (36.0) | 721 (30.9) | 770 (33.0) | ||
| Current smoker | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 437 (29.4) | 493 (33.2) | 554 (37.3) | 439 (29.6) | 502 (33.8) | 543 (36.6) | ||
| No | 1377 (34.8) | 1321 (33.4) | 1260 (31.8) | 1375 (34.7) | 1312 (33.1) | 1271 (32.1) | ||
| Alcohol use | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 519 (30.7) | 530 (31.3) | 642 (38.0) | 472 (27.9) | 595 (35.2) | 624 (36.9) | ||
| No | 1295 (34.5) | 1284 (34.2) | 1172 (31.2) | 1342 (35.8) | 1219 (32.5) | 1190 (31.7) | ||
| Physical activity | <0.001 | 0.267 | ||||||
| Yes | 1513 (32.1) | 1552 (32.9) | 1652 (35.0) | 1570 (33.3) | 1557 (33.0) | 1590 (33.7) | ||
| No | 301 (41.5) | 262 (36.1) | 162 (22.3) | 244 (33.7) | 257 (35.4) | 224 (30.9) | ||
| HTN family history, % | <0.001 | 0.629 | ||||||
| Yes | 107 (20.5) | 158 (30.3) | 257 (49.2) | 166 (31.8) | 183 (35.1) | 173 (33.1) | ||
| No | 1707 (34.7) | 1656 (33.7) | 1557 (31.6) | 1648 (33.5) | 1631 (33.2) | 1641 (33.4) | ||
| BMI, kg/m2 | 0.013 | 0.444 | ||||||
| <22.0 | 117 (32.8) | 124 (34.7) | 116 (32.5) | 123 (34.5) | 134 (37.5) | 100 (28.0) | ||
| 22.0–23.9 | 1254 (35.0) | 1169 (32.6) | 1162 (32.4) | 1190 (33.2) | 1181 (32.9) | 1214 (33.9) | ||
| 24.0–27.9 | 370 (30.0) | 428 (34.7) | 435 (35.3) | 410 (33.3) | 414 (33.6) | 409 (33.2) | ||
| ≥28.0 | 70 (27.2) | 87 (33.9) | 100 (38.9) | 87 (33.9) | 82 (31.9) | 88 (34.2) | ||
Abbreviations: HTN, hypertension; BMI, body mass index.