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Table 2 Intakes of response variables and key foods across sex-specific tertiles (T) of dietary pattern (n = 2121)a

From: Association between diet quality, dietary patterns and cardiometabolic health in Australian adults: a cross-sectional study

Food groups

Factor loading

Tertile of dietary pattern

P-trendb

T1

T2

T3

DP-1

 Response variables

  Fibre density, g/MJ

–

2.10 ± 0.04

2.75 ± 0.04

3.79 ± 0.06

< 0.001

  SFA: PUFA

–

3.55 ± 0.09

2.53 ± 0.06

1.99 ± 0.06

< 0.001

  Sugar, %E

–

20.7 ± 0.42

17.7 ± 0.33

18.7 ± 0.37

< 0.001

 Direct associations, g/d

  Pome fruit

0.23

51 ± 6

88 ± 11

161 ± 12

< 0.001

  Wholegrain bread

0.22

33 ± 5

45 ± 3

82 ± 4

< 0.001

  Wholegrain cereals

0.22

31 ± 4

39 ± 3

72 ± 5

< 0.001

  Nuts and seeds

0.22

9 ± 1

13 ± 1

29 ± 4

< 0.001

  Carrot and root vegetables

0.21

29 ± 3

32 ± 3

72 ± 8

< 0.001

 Inverse associations

  Fruit drinks

− 0.24

547 ± 46

283 ± 40

158 ± 17

< 0.001

  Full fat milk

− 0.24

447 ± 34

244 ± 20

189 ± 19

< 0.001

  Cream

− 0.22

77 ± 8

33 ± 5

20 ± 3

< 0.001

  Chocolate

−0.21

23 ± 2

8 ± 1

6 ± 1

< 0.001

  Non-wholegrain bread

− 0.20

138 ± 9

108 ± 8

82 ± 6

< 0.001

DP-2

 Response variables

  Fibre density, g/MJ

–

2.52 ± 0.06

2.90 ± 0.05

3.21 ± 0.07

< 0.001

  SFA: PUFA

–

2.32 ± 0.07

2.70 ± 0.07

3.07 ± 0.08

< 0.001

  Sugar, %E

–

13.9 ± 0.28

18.5 ± 0.37

24.7 ± 0.30

< 0.001

 Direct associations, g/d

  Added sugars

0.31

24 ± 2

34 ± 3

53 ± 4

< 0.001

  Pome fruit

0.28

52 ± 6

83 ± 8

165 ± 11

< 0.001

  Tropical fruit

0.24

45 ± 4

70 ± 6

110 ± 8

< 0.001

  Other fruit

0.21

28 ± 3

50 ± 6

77 ± 9

< 0.001

  Stone fruit

0.20

18 ± 3

27 ± 4

86 ± 10

< 0.001

 Inverse associations, g/d

  Wines

−0.30

281 ± 27

99 ± 13

60 ± 10

< 0.001

  Beers and ciders

− 0.30

478 ± 54

187 ± 33

67 ± 13

< 0.001

  Non-wholegrain cereals

− 0.19

284 ± 29

200 ± 23

135 ± 13

< 0.001

  Fish

− 0.17

70 ± 8

39 ± 5

26 ± 3

< 0.001

  Fried vegetables

− 0.15

28 ± 5

21 ± 6

14 ± 3

0.035

  1. aDP dietary pattern, SFA saturated fatty acid, PUFA poly-unsaturated fatty acid, %E percentage energy; Values represent mean ± SE after adjustment for survey weighting
  2. bLinear regression analyses tested for trends across tertiles of dietary pattern. Analyses were adjusted for age and sex
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