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Table 4 Background data among food intake patterns during 2008–2016 for women in the Northern Sweden Diet Database (n = 26 914)

From: Changes in food intake patterns during 2000–2007 and 2008–2016 in the population-based Northern Sweden Diet Database

 

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 3

Cluster 4

P-value

High-fat spread and high-fat dairy (n = 19 093)

Fruit, vegetables and oil (n = 4 561)

Sandwiches (n = 2 792)

Soda and sweets (n = 468)

Age (yrs)

49.5 (8.1)

52.8 (7.7)

52.1 (8.1)

47.2 (7.7)

< 0.001

Body weight (kg)

71.6 (14.2)

70.8 (13.1)

72.6 (14.6)

74.2 (16.4)

< 0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.1 (5.0)

26.0 (4.7)

26.6 (5.2)

27.2 (5.8)

< 0.001

Marital statusa (%)

    

< 0.001

 Married/cohabitating

81.3

78.6

81.4

71.9

 

 Unmarried/other

18.7

21.4

18.6

28.1

 

Education (%)

    

< 0.001

 Secondary school or less

56.4

46.2

64.7

66.0

 

 Academic education

43.6

53.8

35.3

34.0

 

Physical activity indexb (%)

    

< 0.001

 Inactive

14.2

9.9

13.3

18.3

 

 Moderately inactive

25.1

21.8

27.6

27.8

 

 Moderately active

28.4

23.8

28.2

27.1

 

 Active

32.3

44.4

30.8

26.8

 

Smoking (%)

    

< 0.001

 Smoker

13.0

8.7

15.0

23.9

 

 Former smoker

31.3

38.6

33.7

27.4

 

 Never smoker

55.6

52.7

51.3

48.7

 
  1. Values are mean (SD) and proportions. Continuous variables were analysed using ANOVA and categorical variables were analysed using Chi-square test. aIn total, 59 women are missing information on marital status. bIn total, 2180 women are missing information on physical activity