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Table 2 Age-adjusted characteristics of 62,913 Mexican women from the MTC at baseline by dietary pattern quartilesa-d

From: Western and Modern Mexican dietary patterns are directly associated with incident hypertension in Mexican women: a prospective follow-up study

 

Fruits & Vegetables

Dietary Pattern

Western

Dietary Pattern

Modern

Mexican Dietary Pattern

Q1

Q4

Q1

Q4

Q1

Q4

Age at questionnaireb, years

41.1 ± 7.3

43.2 ± 7.1

42.7 ± 7.3

41.3 ± 7.4

42.9 ± 7.5

41.5 ± 7.1

Indigenousc, %

7

7

15

5

5

11

Regions in Mexico

 - Northern Mexico, %

17

23

12

31

15

26

 - Central Mexico, %

16

18

17

13

18

14

 - Mexico City and State of Mexico, %

30

22

21

25

33

17

 - Southern Mexico, %

37

37

50

31

34

42

Graduate education, %

13

17

11

17

15

13

Highest socioeconomic status tertile, %

41

47

28

56

47

40

Menopausal status

 - Premenopausal, %

77

76

75

78

76

77

 - Postmenopausal, %

14

14

15

13

14

14

 - Missing, %

9

10

10

9

10

9

Body mass index, kg/m2

27.3 ± 4.6

26.9 ± 4.2

26.7 ± 4.2

27.2 ± 4.6

26.3 ± 4.0

27.7 ± 4.7

Current smokers, %

10

9

4

15

7

12

Diabetes mellitus, %

2

4

3

3

2

4

Hypercholesterolemia, %

9

12

11

10

11

10

Recreational physical activity, min/week

30(0,180)

90(0,270)

60(0,210)

60(0,210)

120(30,330)

30(0,150)

Total energy, kcal/day

1796(1405,2276)

1712(1335,2180)

1825(1409,2322)

1556(1210,1978)

1928(1510,2430)

1550(1216,1961)

  1. aValues are mean ± SD for continuous variables and percent for categorical variables. Physical activity and total energy intake are expressed as median (IQR). Values are age standardized to the age distribution of the study population. Values of polytomous variables may not sum to 100% due to rounding. N = 15,728 per quartile in all patterns (except Q3: 15,729)
  2. bVariable is not age adjusted
  3. cParticipants who reported speaking an indigenous language or having a parent who did were defined as indigenous
  4. dAbbreviations: MTC: Mexican Teachers’ Cohort; Q1-Q4: quartile1-quartile4