Greater vegetable variety and amount are associated with lower prevalence of coronary heart disease: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2014

Table 3 Relationship between vegetable intake variety and prevalence of cardiometabolic disease among adults, 1999–2014

Cardiometabolic disease outcome	Variety quintile 1	Variety quintile 2	Variety quintile 3	Variety quintile 4	Variety quintile 5	P-trend
Odds ratio (95% CI)
Cardiometabolic	Referent	0.85 (0.72–1.01)	0.98 (0.82–1.16)	0.97 (0.82–1.15)	1.00 (0.84–1.19)	0.496
Cardiovascular	Referent	0.90 (0.69–1.18)	0.93 (0.71–1.20)	0.81 (0.63–1.05)	0.85 (0.64–1.12)	0.145
Coronary heart	Referent	0.93 (0.67–1.28)	0.91 (0.65–1.27)	0.73 (0.54–1.01)	0.76 (0.54–1.08)	0.032
Stroke	Referent	0.91 (0.66–1.25)	0.97 (0.70–1.34)	0.94 (0.69–1.29)	1.00 (0.75–1.35)	0.882
Diabetes	Referent	0.82 (0.68–0.98)	0.93 (0.77–1.13)	0.99 (0.82–1.19)	1.04 (0.86–1.26)	0.198

Adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, smoking status, race/ethnicity, intake of fatty acids (unsaturated:saturated), intake of added sugar, income-to-poverty ratio, and education
Maximum possible variety score is 64
Median vegetable variety scores for each quintile are: quintile 1 = 0, quintile 2 = 0.17, quintile 3 = 0.33, quintile 4 = 0.43, quintile 5 = 0.52
Cardiometabolic disease includes coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes
Cardiovascular disease includes coronary heart disease and stroke

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