Table 3.
Weight status by frequency categories of meat and fish intake/week across meat- and fish-eating diet categories (pesco-vegetarian, semi-vegetarian and regular meat eater) in the Australian longitudinal study on women’s health 1946–1951 cohort
| Pesco-vegetarian | Semi-vegetarian | Regular meat eater | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories of meat and fish intake frequency/week* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Wt (kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 71·0 | 13·4 | – | – | – | – | 67·5a | 12·0 | 71·8a | 15·6 | 74·3b | 15·6 |
| n | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | – | – | 54 | 1636 | 6439 | |||||||||||
| Fish | 65·7 | 15·3 | 65·1 | 15·3 | 61·6 | 12·5 | 67·1 | 15·9 | 72·2 | 16·9 | 70·7 | 12·6 | 76·9a | 17·7 | 74·3a,b | 16·0 | 73·9a,b | 15·8 | 73·5b | 15·1 | 74·3a,b | 16·2 |
| n | 3 | 18 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 163 | 1578 | 2530 | 3946 | 412 | |||||||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26·8 | 5·3 | – | – | – | – | 25·9a | 5·1 | 27·1a | 5·8 | 28·0b | 5·7 |
| n | – | – | – | – | 43 | – | – | 53 | 1634 | 6933 | ||||||||||||
| Fish | 23·7 | 5·1 | 24·9 | 4·5 | 23·3 | 4·1 | 25·1 | 5·6 | 28·4 | 6·2 | 26·4 | 5·0 | 28·9 | 6·9 | 28·1 | 5·9 | 27·8 | 5·8 | 27·7 | 5·5 | 28·2 | 5·9 |
| n | 3 | 18 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 163 | 1574 | 2529 | 3944 | 410 | |||||||||||
| WC (cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 89·0 | 13·2 | – | – | – | – | 85·8a | 16·6 | 89·7a | 13·5 | 91·8b | 13·6 |
| n | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | – | – | 55 | 1517 | 6408 | |||||||||||
| Fish | 84·8 | 8·7 | 83·8 | 12·2 | 82·9 | 12·0 | 81·7 | 12·8 | 95·0 | 13·2 | 87·7 | 13·1 | 93·2a,b | 16·6 | 92·2a | 14·2 | 91·5a,b | 13·2 | 90·9b | 13·5 | 90·8a,b | 14·9 |
| n | 3 | 17 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 145 | 1448 | 2356 | 3668 | 363 | |||||||||||
WC, waist circumference; Wt, weight.
*
Frequency of dietary meat and fish intake are defined as follows: 1, ≤1 time/week; 2, >1 to 2 times/week; 3, >2 times/week; 4, daily or multiple times/d. Characteristics were compared across frequencies of intake within each diet group using ANOVA and Tukey’s post hoc analysis. Dashes in cells represent non-applicability due to dietary group definition.
a,bMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0·05).