Empirically derived dietary patterns and constipation among a middle-aged population from China, 2016–2018

Nutrition Journal

Table 5 Multivariable adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for constipation across the quartile (Q) categories of dietary pattern scores in Zhejiang Province, China

	Traditional southern Chinese pattern Score			Western pattern Score			Grains-vegetables Pattern Score
	Q1	Q4	p	Q1	Q4	p	Q1	Q4	p
Model 1	1.00	0.52 (0.404,0.661)	0.000	1.00	1.41 (1.104,1.786)	0.02	1.00	0.65 (0.528, 0.814)	0.008
Model 2	1.00	0.68 (0.527,0.839)	0.000	1.00	1.11 (0.896,1.377)	0.29	1.00	0.85 (0.669, 1.072)	0.128
Model 3	1.00	0.79 (0.626,0.981)	0.04	1.00	1.09 (0.873,1.336)	0.59	1.00	0.93 (0.750, 1.195)	0.602

OR Odds ratio; 95%CI 95% confidence interval. Model 1:adjusted for gender and age; Model 2: further adjusted for education level(<high school, high school, >high school),physical activity level (light, moderate, and heavy), smoking status (never, current, former), alcohol intake, BMI (continuous),and total energy intake; Model 3: additionally adjusted for total fiber intake. Q4: the highest quartile of dietary patterns, Q1: the lowest quartile of dietary patterns (reference); CI: confidence interval

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