Table 4.
Association between the AHEI-2010 diet score (tertiles) and multimorbidity-related medication profiles (n = 3474)
| Multimorbidity-related medication profiles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Few multimorbidity-related medications” profile | “Predominantly allergic multimorbidity-related medications” profile | “Predominantly metabolic multimorbidity-related medications” profile | |||||||
| n | AHEI-2010, mean (sd) | OR (95% CI) | n | AHEI-2010, m (sd) | OR (95% CI) | n | AHEI-2010, m (sd) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Age-adjusted model 1 | 1550 | 1147 | 777 | ||||||
| AHEI-2010 tertile 1 | 510 | 38.7 (4.1) | 1.00 (ref) | 391 | 38.1 (4.5) | 1.00 (ref) | 276 | 38.1 (4.3) | 1.00 (ref) |
| AHEI-2010 tertile 2 | 508 | 47.3 (2.0) | 1.00 (ref) | 380 | 47.5 (2.1) | 0.97 (0.80–1.17) | 267 | 47.3 (2.0) | 0.94 (0.76–1.17) |
| AHEI-2010 tertile 3 | 532 | 56.4 (4.4) | 1.00 (ref) | 376 | 56.2 (4.3) | 0.91 (0.75–1.10) | 234 | 55.5 (4.2) | 0.75 (0.60–0.93) |
| P for trend | 0.32 | 0.01 | |||||||
| Multivariable-adjusted model 2a | 1550 | 1147 | 777 | ||||||
| AHEI-2010 tertile 1 | 510 | 38.7 (4.1) | 1.00 (ref) | 391 | 38.1 (4.5) | 1.00 (ref) | 276 | 38.1 (4.3) | 1.00 (ref) |
| AHEI-2010 tertile 2 | 508 | 47.3 (2.0) | 1.00 (ref) | 380 | 47.5 (2.1) | 0.99 (0.81–1.20) | 267 | 47.3 (2.0) | 0.96 (0.77–1.21) |
| AHEI-2010 tertile 3 | 532 | 56.4 (4.4) | 1.00 (ref) | 376 | 56.2 (4.3) | 0.96 (0.79–1.17) | 234 | 55.5 (4.2) | 0.80 (0.63–1.00) |
| P for trend | 0.64 | 0.05 | |||||||
P < 0.05 values are presented in bold
P for trend were calculated using the tertile median values
a + Multivariable-adjusted model 2 includes age, energy intake, physical activity, smoking, educational level, marital status and having farmer parents