Food intake patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese adults: analyses from the 2012 National Health and nutrition survey, Japan

Htun, Nay Chi; Suga, Hitomi; Imai, Shino; Shimizu, Wakana; Takimoto, Hidemi

doi:10.1186/s12937-017-0284-z

Table 2 Correlation coefficients ^abetween subject characteristics, dietary energy and nutrient intakes and each factor

From: Food intake patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese adults: analyses from the 2012 National Health and nutrition survey, Japan

	Men			Women
	Traditional Japanese	Westernized	Meat and fat	Traditional Japanese	Westernized	Meat and fat
Age at survey (yrs)	0.321	0.108	−0.378	0.354	0.024	−0.316
Height (cm)	−0.133	−0.011^b	0.253	−0.162	0.063	0.209
Body weight (kg)	−0.007^b	−0.019^b	0.152	−0.008^b	−0.004^b	0.080
Abdominal circumference (cm)	0.095	0.003^b	−0.025	0.127	−0.032	−0.078
BMI	0.071	−0.020^b	0.016^b	0.086	−0.047	−0.039
Steps per day	0.022^b	−0.008^b	0.125	0.003^b	0.063	0.123
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.112	−0.028	−0.091	0.207	−0.038	−0.135
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	−0.017^b	−0.042	0.056	0.107	−0.001^b	−0.027
Serum total cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.027	0.023^b	0.129	0.094	0.123	−0.009^b
Serum HDLcholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.003^b	−0.004^b	0.092	−0.048	0.100	0.093
Serum LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.063	0.051	0.094	0.056	0.093	−0.011^b
HbA1c (%)	0.156	0.049	−0.142	0.193	0.009^b	−0.120
Energy and nutrient intakes
Energy (kcal)	0.357	−0.065	0.313	0.405	0.102	0.234
Protein (g)	0.534	0.011	0.212	0.534	0.076	0.156
Fat (%energy)	0.090	0.138	0.469	0.105	0.209	0.429
ω-3 fatty acids (g)	0.338	−0.117	0.008^b	0.348	−0.091	0.008^b
ω-6 fatty acids (g)	0.153	0.016^b	0.448	0.194	0.046	0.397
Carbohydrates (%energy)	0.331	−0.083	0.008^b	0.416	0.037	−0.047
Dietary fiber (g)	0.680	0.226	−0.008^b	0.715	0.239	−0.013^b
Vitamin A (μgRAE)	0.393	0.141	0.026	0.417	0.149	0.015^b
Vitamin D (μg)	0.392	−0.072	−0.207	0.374	−0.053	−0.168
Vitamin B₁ (mg)	0.322	0.150	0.239	0.393	0.182	0.213
VitaminB₂ (mg)	0.449	0.165	−0.002^b	0.475	0.195	−0.043
Vitamin B₆ (mg)	0.600	0.030	0.068	0.631	0.088	0.024
Vitamin B₁₂ (μg)	0.353	−0.074	−0.157	0.351	−0.051	−0.149
Folate (μg)	0.678	0.097	−0.075	0.708	0.119	−0.105
VitaminC (mg)	0.522	0.174	−0.154	0.552	0.180	−0.176
Sodium (mg)	0.519	0.025	0.184	0.555	0.029	0.152
Potassium (mg)	0.751	0.205	−0.020^b	0.768	0.240	−0.057
Calcium (mg)	0.514	0.307	−0.107	0.531	0.322	−0.120
Iron (mg)	0.692	0.018^b	0.038	0.708	0.044	0.009^b

^aSpearman’s correrlation analysis
^bnot significant

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