Table 5 Background data among food intake patterns during 2000–2007 for men in the Northern Sweden Diet Database (n = 23 107)
Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High-fat spread, high-fat dairy and sugar/jam (n = 9 604) | Sandwiches (n = 5 437) | Fried potato and fast food (n = 4 260) | Fruit, vegetables, oil and high-fiber cereals (n = 3 806) | ||
Age (yrs) | 50.7 (8.0) | 50.9 (7.9) | 45.7 (6.9) | 52.3 (7.7) | < 0.001 |
Body weight (kg) | 84.1 (12.7) | 86.6 (13.5) | 86.0 (13.2) | 86.2 (13.2) | < 0.001 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.3 (3.6) | 27.1 (3.8) | 26.8 (3.8) | 27.0 (3.7) | < 0.001 |
Marital statusa (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Married/cohabitating | 79.0 | 82.4 | 78.2 | 84.3 | |
Unmarried/other | 21.0 | 17.6 | 21.8 | 15.7 | |
Education (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Secondary school or less | 80.6 | 79.4 | 72.9 | 60.4 | |
Academic education | 19.4 | 20.6 | 27.1 | 39.6 | |
Physical activity indexb (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Inactive | 14.9 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 17.1 | |
Moderately inactive | 31.0 | 31.5 | 31.8 | 28.9 | |
Moderately active | 31.4 | 28.0 | 29.3 | 25.7 | |
Active | 22.7 | 23.0 | 20.9 | 28.3 | |
Smoking (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
Smoker | 18.9 | 16.0 | 18.1 | 11.5 | |
Former smoker | 32.6 | 36.6 | 29.7 | 38.0 | |
Never smoker | 48.6 | 47.4 | 52.2 | 50.5 |