TABLE 4.
Unadjusted associations of urinary methylsyringol sulfate with the daily grams, energy, % grams and % energy intake from the 4 different Nova groups and middle bound scenario (N = 417).
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| R (Unadjusted association) | p-value (unadjusted) | R (Unadjusted association) | p-value (unadjusted) | |
| Expressed in g/day | ||||
| Unprocessed or minimally processed foods –G1 | 0.16 | 0.001 | 0.22 | <0.0001 |
| Processed culinary ingredients –G2 | –0.20 | 0.0001 | –0.30 | <0.0001 |
| Processed foods –G3 | 0.13 | 0.007 | 0.12 | 0.01 |
| Processed foods –G3 excluding alcohol intake | –0.07 | 0.14 | –0.04 | 0.44 |
| Ultra-processed foods –G4 | 0.35 | <0.0001 | 0.40 | <0.0001 |
| Ultra-processed foods –G4 excluding alcohol intake | 0.35 | <0.0001 | 0.39 | <0.0001 |
| Expressed in kcal/day | ||||
| Unprocessed or minimally processed foods –G1 | –0.24 | <0.0001 | –0.27 | <0.0001 |
| Processed culinary ingredients –G2 | –0.30 | <0.0001 | –0.36 | <0.0001 |
| Processed foods –G3 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.10 | 0.03 |
| Processed foods –G3 excluding alcohol intake | 0.03 | 0.55 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
| Ultra-processed foods –G4 | 0.37 | <0.0001 | 0.41 | <0.0001 |
| Ultra-processed foods –G4 excluding alcohol intake | 0.37 | <0.0001 | 0.40 | <0.0001 |
| Expressed in % g/day including alcohol intake | ||||
| Unprocessed or minimally processed foods –G1 | –0.06 | 0.23 | –0.07 | 0.18 |
| Processed culinary ingredients –G2 | –0.37 | <0.0001 | –0.41 | <0.0001 |
| Processed foods –G3 | –0.07 | 0.172 | –0.07 | 0.15 |
| Ultra-processed foods –G4 | 0.25 | <0.0001 | 0.29 | <0.0001 |
| Expressed in % kcal/day including alcohol intake | ||||
| Unprocessed or minimally processed foods –G1 | –0.33 | <0.0001 | –0.37 | <0.0001 |
| Processed culinary ingredients –G2 | –0.39 | <0.0001 | –0.42 | <0.0001 |
| Processed foods –G3 | 0.04 | 0.36 | 0.07 | 0.15 |
| Ultra-processed foods –G4 | 0.41 | <0.0001 | 0.43 | <0.0001 |
| Expressed in % g/day excluding alcohol intake | ||||
| Unprocessed or minimally processed foods –G1 | –0.0003 | 0.996 | –0.02 | 0.75 |
| Processed culinary ingredients –G2 | –0.36 | <0.0001 | –0.39 | <0.0001 |
| Processed foods –G3 | –0.26 | <0.0001 | –0.24 | <0.0001 |
| Ultra-processed foods –G4 | 0.27 | <0.0001 | 0.32 | <0.0001 |
| Expressed in % kcal/day excluding alcohol intake | ||||
| Unprocessed or minimally processed foods –G1 | –0.32 | <0.0001 | –0.36 | <0.0001 |
| Processed culinary ingredients –G2 | –0.38 | <0.0001 | –0.41 | <0.0001 |
| Processed foods –G3 | 0.02 | 0.70 | 0.05 | 0.35 |
| Ultra-processed foods –G4 | 0.42 | <0.0001 | 0.43 | <0.0001 |
Supplementary Table 10 presents the correlations for the four different Nova groups and the lower, middle and upper bound scenarios adjusted for sex, age, BMI and country.