Diet quality is inversely associated with obesity in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes

Nutrition Journal

Table 4 Beta coefficients (standard error) of body mass index according to each standard deviation increase in diet quality index scores from linear regression analysis

	Model 1^a		Model 2^b		Model 3^c		Model 4^d
	Beta (SE)	P-value	Beta (SE)	P-value	Beta (SE)	P-value	Beta (SE)	P-value
AHEI-2010
Total score^e	− 1.09 (0.46)	0.019	− 0.95 (0.50)	0.060	− 0.54 (0.49)	0.272	−0.52 (0.49)	0.293
Red/processed meats^f	− 1.81 (0.45)	< 0.001	−2.00 (− 0.53)	< 0.001	− 1.19 (0.59)	0.046	− 1.22 (0.59)	0.040
DQI-I
Total score^g	− 0.94 (0.46)	0.044	− 0.93 (0.49)	0.062	− 0.66 (0.48)	0.054	− 0.66 (0.48)	0.167
Variety^h	− 1.05 (0.46)	0.025	−1.23 (0.47)	0.010	−0.96 (0.45)	0.036	−0.98 (0.46)	0.033
Moderationⁱ	− 1.44 (0.46)	0.002	− 1.40 (0.52)	0.008	− 0.30 (0.59)	0.607	− 0.27 (0.59)	0.652
DASH score
Total score^j	− 0.87 (0.47)	0.063	− 0.79 (0.50)	0.120	− 0.26 (0.50)	0.599	− 0.24 (0.50)	0.272
Red/processed meats^k	− 2.03 (0.45)	< 0.001	− 2.30 (0.52)	< 0.001	−1.60 (− 0.57)	0.006	− 1.63 (0.57)	0.005

^aModel 1: crude data
^bModel 2: adjusted for age, sex, education level, employment status, smoking status, alcohol drinking status, duration of diabetes, oral antidiabetic drug use, insulin use, physical activity level
^cModel 3: adjusted for all factors in Model 2, plus total energy intake
^dModel 4: adjust for all factors in Model 3, plus glycated hemoglobin
^e1 SD = 12.0 points
^f1 SD = 2.9 points
^g1 SD = 7.5 points
^h1 SD = 1.6 points
ⁱ1 SD = 4.9 points
^j1 SD = 5.2 points
^k1 SD = 1.4 points
AHEI-2010 Alternate Healthy Eating Index-2010, CI confidence interval, DASH Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension score, DQI-I Diet Quality Index-International, OR odds ratio, SE standard error

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