Vegetarian-style dietary pattern during adolescence has long-term positive impact on bone from adolescence to young adulthood: a longitudinal study

Table 6 Tracking coefficients and change in score by age for dietary patterns derived during adolescence¹

	Tracking dietary patterns			Change in dietary pattern score
	ß (adolescence score)	95% CI	P value	ß (age)	95% CI	P value
Vegetarian-style	0.59	0.48, 0.71	< 0.001	0.026	0.00, 0.04	0.008
Western-like	0.47	0.40, 0.53	< 0.001	− 0.008	− 0.029, 0.012	0.42
High-fat, high-protein	0.51	0.41, 0.60	< 0.001	− 0.019	−0.034, − 0.005	0.009
Mixed	0.54	0.39, 0.69	< 0.001	−0.003	−0.033, 0.028	0.85
Snack	0.63	0.55, 0.70	< 0.001	−0.003	−0.023, 0.018	0.80

Abbreviations: CI confidence intervals
¹Generalized estimating equations was used for modeling association between adolescence and adulthood standardized and energy-adjusted dietary pattern scores while controlling for sex, age, and age at adolescence; n = 115. Tracking coefficient (ß coefficient for adolescent dietary pattern) shows how participants maintained their position in the study population distribution, between adolescence and young adulthood. Tracking coefficient for age represents z score change in dietary pattern score from adolescence to young adulthood

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