TABLE 3.

The intake of food groups between tertiles of plant-based diet index (PDI), healthy plant-based diet index (hPDI), and unhealthy plant-based diet index (uPDI).

Variables	PDI				hPDI				uPDI
	T1 (n = 88)	T2 (n = 85)	T3 (n = 88)	P	T1 (n = 90)	T2 (n = 87)	T3 (n = 84)	P	T1 (n = 88)	T2 (n = 83)	T3 (n = 90)	P
Whole grains (g/day)	200.15 ± 45.20	211.35 ± 43.33	226.98 ± 49.45	0.001	194.84 ± 39.93	213.30 ± 46.73	232.04 ± 47.98	<0.001	226.53 ± 50.09	210.94 ± 49.34	201.49 ± 38.93	0.002
Fruits (g/day)	443.75 ± 203.74	443.41 ± 197.47	469.34 ± 210.85	0.62	369.47 ± 178.37	452.78 ± 165.30	541.65 ± 228.41	<0.001	604.35 ± 207.80	439.53 ± 144.01	317.01 ± 136.12	<0.001
Vegetables (g/day)	235.82 ± 118.26	232.32 ± 110.12	241.03 ± 120.84	0.88	198.83 ± 85.97	231.10 ± 98.20	282.76 ± 143.86	<0.001	322.35 ± 129.27	216.97 ± 81.23	171.15 ± 71.50	<0.001
Nuts (g/day)	8.11 ± 1.36	12.42 ± 1.37	9.92 ± 1.25	0.07	11.60 ± 1.85	9.43 ± 0.88	9.22 ± 0.96	0.37	13.18 ± 1.05	11.94 ± 1.55	5.50 ± 1.25	<0.001
Legumes (g/day)	23.77 ± 16.64	26.73 ± 12.03	29.48 ± 14.35	0.03	24.91 ± 13.10	24.35 ± 11.91	30.98 ± 17.65	0.004	32.85 ± 16.62	26.78 ± 13.09	20.58 ± 11.05	<0.001
Vegetable oils (g/day)	26.82 ± 5.10	29.24 ± 6.04	32.02 ± 5.56	<0.001	29.27 ± 6.17	30.38 ± 6.03	28.44 ± 5.52	0.10	30.56 ± 7.65	28.22 ± 5.30	29.27 ± 4.23	0.03
Tea and coffee (g/day)	584.82 ± 326.66	770.48 ± 374.91	948.74 ± 444.43	<0.001	757.74 ± 396.28	758.08 ± 417.55	791.47 ± 427.11	0.82	735.38 ± 360.80	729.64 ± 353.02	836.46 ± 496.05	0.15
Fruit juices (g/day)	1.36 ± 0.41	3.43 ± 0.85	7.26 ± 1.87	0.003	4.40 ± 0.86	4.49 ± 1.12	3.10 ± 1.69	0.68	3.37 ± 0.83	5.76 ± 1.87	3.05 ± 0.86	0.25
Refined grains	207.84 ± 82.71	244.01 ± 96.70	256.79 ± 108.47	0.003	290.56 ± 97.85	235.42 ± 75.78	178.14 ± 86.57	<0.001	199.65 ± 91.16	236.47 ± 76.85	271.30 ± 110.19	<0.001
Potatoes (g/day)	10.30 ± 1.05	15.59 ± 1.14	19.68 ± 1.32	<0.001	21.46 ± 1.25	15.29 ± 1.03	8.33 ± 1.01	<0.001	13.45 ± 1.48	14.77 ± 1.12	17.29 ± 1.08	0.08
Sugar-sweetened beverages (g/day)	8.91 ± 2.15	15.81 ± 2.47	31.85 ± 6.05	<0.001	30.07 ± 4.20	23.05 ± 5.21	2.64 ± 1.02	<0.001	13.12 ± 4.65	19.83 ± 3.51	23.76 ± 4.06	0.17
Sweets and desserts (g/day)	23.95 ± 15.00	41.29 ± 37.91	41.18 ± 21.73	<0.001	49.58 ± 38.68	33.76 ± 21.64	21.83 ± 13.86	<0.001	31.42 ± 31.24	32.20 ± 19.14	42.25 ± 29.41	0.01
Animal fat (g/day)	2.36 ± 0.42	2.91 ± 0.39	1.86 ± 0.36	0.17	3.90 ± 0.50	2.33 ± 0.34	0.76 ± 0.18	<0.001	2.51 ± 0.43	2.68 ± 0.41	1.95 ± 0.34	0.39
Dairy (g/day)	279.22 ± 141.56	246 ± 142.58	215.57 ± 194.68	0.03	250.79 ± 140.82	239.57 ± 172.14	250.58 ± 177.85	0.87	340.01 ± 173.88	266.04 ± 146.49	139.68 ± 90.44	<0.001
Egg (g/day)	14.21 ± 6.81	11.95 ± 6.56	12.85 ± 7.42	0.10	15.39 ± 6.67	11.91 ± 6.53	11.58 ± 7.16	<0.001	14.39 ± 7.77	13.43 ± 6.25	11.32 ± 6.52	0.01
Fish and seafood (g/day)	4.79 ± 0.64	3.70 ± 0.60	2.54 ± 0.26	0.01	3.17 ± 0.32	3.43 ± 0.38	4.47 ± 0.79	0.19	6.54 ± 0.77	2.97 ± 0.28	1.54 ± 0.16	<0.001
Meat (g/day)	37.03 ± 12.59	39.66 ± 11.80	36.22 ± 15.81	0.21	40.85 ± 13.76	38.55 ± 14.09	33.12 ± 11.62	0.001	42.71 ± 14.74	38.00 ± 10.55	32.32 ± 12.98	<0.001
Animal-based foods (g/day)	4.77 ± 0.58	5.56 ± 0.49	5.90 ± 0.56	0.33	8.40 ± 0.60	4.98 ± 0.47	2.62 ± 0.31	<0.001	5.74 ± 0.56	5.85 ± 0.53	4.69 ± 0.55	0.25

PDI, plant-based diet index; hPDI, healthy plant-based diet index; uPDI, unhealthy plant-based diet index.

Values are presented as mean ± SD.

Using one-way ANOVA. Significant p-values are indicated in bold.