Table 4 General characteristics of study participants across quartiles of the major dietary pattern scores
Traditional southern Chinese dietary pattern score | P* | Western dietary pattern score | P* | Grains-vegetables dietary pattern score | P* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 (lowest) (n = 479) | Q4 (highest) (n = 480) | Q1 (lowest) (n = 479) | Q4 (highest) (n = 479) | Q1 (lowest) (n = 480) | Q4 (highest) (n = 479) | ||||
Age (y) | 50.3 ± 0.2 | 51.8 ± 0.3 | < 0.001 | 51.5 ± 0.2 | 49.7 ± 0.2 | < 0.001 | 50.0 ± 0.2 | 51.9 ± 0.3 | < 0.001 |
BMI(kg/m2) | 24.39 ± 3.11 | 24.93 ± 2.96 | 0.225 | 24.27 ± 2.81 | 25.10 ± 3.12 | < 0.05 | 25.33 ± 2.85 | 24.11 ± 2.86 | < 0.01 |
WC(cm) | 84.79 ± 9.03 | 85.78 ± 8.65 | 0.577 | 84.05 ± 8.61 | 87.05 ± 8.24 | < 0.01 | 87.68 ± 8.92 | 82.65 ± 8.35 | < 0.01 |
WHR | 0.87 ± 0.06 | 0.88 ± 0.06 | 0.683 | 0.87 ± 0.08 | 0.89 ± 0.06 | 0.068 | 0.89 ± 0.06 | 0.86 ± 0.08 | < 0.05 |
Obesity (%) | 78(16.3) | 70(14.6) | 0.483 | 56(11.7) | 88(18.4) | < 0.05 | 80(16.7) | 43(9.0) | < 0.01 |
Hypertension (%) | 152(31.7) | 167(34.9) | 0.387 | 114(23.8) | 156(32.6) | < 0.05 | 175(36.5) | 121(25.2) | < 0.01 |
T2DM (%) | 98(20.4) | 103(21.5) | 0.689 | 79(16.5) | 119(24.8) | < 0.01 | 94(19.6) | 64(13.3) | < 0.05 |
Gender (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.05 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Male | 325(67.8) | 240(50.1) | 256(53.4) | 301(62.8) | 296(61.8) | 175(36.5) | |||
Female | 155(32.2) | 239(49.9) | 223(46.6) | 178(37.2) | 183(38.2) | 305(63.5) | |||
Smoking status (%) | < 0.05 | < 0.001 | < 0.05 | ||||||
Never | 405(84.3) | 358(74.7) | 358(74.7) | 319(66.6) | 372(77.7) | 415(86.4) | |||
Current | 69(14.4) | 113(23.6) | 76(15.9) | 140(29.2) | 78(16.3) | 40(8.3) | |||
Former | 6(1.3) | 8(1.7) | 45(9.4) | 20(4.2) | 29(6.0) | 25(5.3) | |||
Education (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.570 | ||||||
< High school | 164(34.2) | 78(16.3) | 103(21.5) | 95(19.8) | 127(26.6) | 112(23.3) | |||
High school | 147(30.6) | 137(28.6) | 177(37.0) | 201(42.0) | 148(30.9) | 147(30.6) | |||
> High school | 169(35.2) | 264(55.1) | 199(41.5) | 183(38.2) | 204(42.5) | 221(46.1) | |||
The average monthly income per person (%) | 0.889 | < 0.05 | < 0.05 | ||||||
< 2000(RMB) | 124(25.8) | 130(27.1) | 137(28.6) | 97(20.3) | 161(33.6) | 121(25.2) | |||
2000–4000(RMB) | 201(41.9) | 202(42.2) | 193(40.3) | 188(39.2) | 192(40.1) | 183(38.1) | |||
> 4000(RMB) | 155(32.3) | 147(30.7) | 149(31.1) | 194(40.5) | 126(26.3) | 176(36.7) | |||
Physical activity (%) | 0.109 | < 0.05 | 0.361 | ||||||
Light | 387(80.6) | 417(87.1) | 376(78.5) | 404(84.3) | 379(79.1) | 378(78.7) | |||
Moderate | 73(15.2) | 49(10.2) | 78(16.3) | 65(13.6) | 89(18.6) | 81(16.9) | |||
Vigorous | 20(4.2) | 13(2.7) | 25(5.2) | 10(2.1) | 11(2.3) | 21(4.4) | |||
Total energy(kcal/d) | 2663.7 ± 195.6 | 2446.5 ± 265.5 | 0.379 | 2230.1 ± 280.7 | 2734.9 ± 268.4 | < 0.01 | 2519.3 ± 230.0 | 2239.4 ± 195.1 | < 0.05 |