Table 4 General characteristics of study participants across quartiles of the major dietary pattern scores
Traditional southern Chinese dietary pattern score | P* | Western dietary pattern score | P* | Grains-vegetables dietary pattern score | P* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 (lowest) (n = 566) | Q4 (highest) (n = 567) | Q1 (lowest) (n = 567) | Q4 (highest) (n = 567) | Q1 (lowest) (n = 566) | Q4 (highest) (n = 567) | ||||
Age (y) | 50.1 ± 0.2 | 52.0 ± 0.3 | < 0.001 | 51.5 ± 0.2 | 49.6 ± 0.2 | < 0.001 | 50.2 ± 0.3 | 51.9 ± 0.3 | < 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.47 ± 2.88 | 23.88 ± 2.76 | < 0.05 | 24.12 ± 2.93 | 24.96 ± 3.02 | < 0.05 | 25.37 ± 2.83 | 24.31 ± 2.78 | < 0.01 |
WC (cm) | 87.49 ± 8.61 | 86.52 ± 8.53 | 0.152 | 84.53 ± 8.61 | 87.79 ± 8.50 | < 0.01 | 87.96 ± 8.92 | 83.05 ± 8.13 | < 0.01 |
WHR | 0.88 ± 0.06 | 0.87 ± 0.05 | 0.236 | 0.87 ± 0.08 | 0.89 ± 0.06 | < 0.05 | 0.89 ± 0.06 | 0.86 ± 0.08 | < 0.05 |
Obesity (%) | 92(16.3) | 69(12.2) | < 0.05 | 62(10.9) | 105(18.5) | < 0.001 | 89(15.7) | 52(9.2) | < 0.01 |
Hypertension (%) | 133(23.5) | 144(25.4) | 0.457 | 106(18.7) | 134(23.6) | < 0.05 | 112(19.8) | 81(14.3) | < 0.05 |
Constipation(%) | 106(18.7) | 71(12.5) | < 0.01 | 92(16.2) | 103(18.2) | 0.387 | 109(19.3) | 103(18.2) | 0.637 |
Gender (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.01 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Male | 324(57.2) | 265(46.7) | 286(50.4) | 342(60.3) | 338(59.7) | 217(38.3) | |||
Female | 242(42.8) | 302(53.3) | 281(49.6) | 225(39.7) | 228(40.3) | 350(61.7) | |||
Smoking status (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.01 | ||||||
Never | 454(80.2) | 411(72.5) | 400(70.5) | 365(64.4) | 410(72.4) | 457(80.6) | |||
Current | 58(10.2) | 104(18.3) | 64(11.3) | 144(25.4) | 64(11.3) | 58(10.2) | |||
Former | 54(9.6) | 52(9.2) | 103(18.2) | 58(10.2) | 92(16.3) | 52(9.2) | |||
Education (%) | < 0.001 | < 0.01 | 0.178 | ||||||
< High school | 183(32.3) | 105(18.5) | 168(29.6) | 113(19.9) | 135(23.8) | 136(24.0) | |||
High school | 212(37.5) | 171(30.2) | 215(37.9) | 245(43.2) | 199(35.2) | 172(30.3) | |||
> High school | 171(30.2) | 291(51.3) | 184(32.5) | 209(36.9) | 232(41.0) | 259(45.7) | |||
The average monthly income per person(%) | < 0.01 | < 0.001 | 0.596 | ||||||
< 2000(RMB) | 134(23.7) | 187(33.0) | 166(29.3) | 115(20.3) | 140(24.7) | 138(24.4) | |||
2000–4000(RMB) | 239(42.2) | 229(40.4) | 227(40.1) | 218(38.4) | 240(42.4) | 227(40.0) | |||
> 4000(RMB) | 193(34.1) | 151(26.6) | 173(30.6) | 234(41.3) | 186(32.9) | 202(35.6) | |||
Physical activity (%) | < 0.01 | < 0.001 | < 0.01 | ||||||
Light | 428(75.6) | 382(67.4) | 402(70.9) | 467(82.4) | 461(81.4) | 431(76.0) | |||
Moderate | 88(15.6) | 115(20.3) | 109(19.2) | 71(12.5) | 92(16.3) | 100(17.6) | |||
Vigorous | 50(8.8) | 70(12.3) | 56(9.9) | 29(5.1) | 13(2.3) | 36(6.4) | |||
Drug usage | |||||||||
Desert cistanche | 36(6.4) | 83(14.6) | < 0.001 | 48(8.5) | 52(9.2) | 0.675 | 66(11.7) | 58(10.2) | 0.440 |
Duphalac and other | 82(14.5) | 92(16.2) | 0.417 | 64(11.3) | 104(18.3) | < 0.01 | 74(13.1) | 90(15.9) | 0.181 |
Total energy intake (kcal/d) | 2553.6 ± 184.6 | 2263.1 ± 198.2 | < 0.05 | 2128.2 ± 265.7 | 2556.7 ± 198.6 | < 0.01 | 2495.3 ± 203.5 | 2294.4 ± 195.3 | < 0.05 |