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Table 4 Participant characteristics according to tertiles of dietary pattern score (n = 251)

From: Associations between dietary patterns and blood pressure in a sample of Australian adults

 

Dietary Pattern 1

Dietary Pattern 2

Dietary Pattern 3

Tertile 1

Tertile 2

Tertile 3

P- trend1

Tertile 1

Tertile 2

Tertile 3

Ptrend1

Tertile 1

Tertile 2

Tertile 3

Ptrend1

Dietary Pattern Score2

−0.78 (−2.3 to − 0.37)

−0.12 (− 0.36 to 0.15)

0.91 (0.16 to 4.0)

 

−0.90 (− 2.8 to − 0.36)

−0.06 (− 0.35 to 0.31)

0.96 (0.32 to 2.84)

 

−0.89 (− 2.9 to − 0.39)

−0.76 (− 0.39 to 0.28)

0.97 (0.29 to 3.85)

 

Age (y)

56.2 (54.3, 58.2)

54.6 (52.7, 56.6)

54.4 (52.4, 56.3)

0.345

57.6 (55.6, 59.5)

55.1 (53.1, 57.0)

52.6 (50.7, 54.5)

0.003

53.6 (51.6, 55.5)

56.7 (54.8, 58.7)

55.0 (53.0, 56.9)

0.080

BMI (kg/m2)

28.6 (27.8, 29.4)

29.9 (29.1, 30.7)

30.1 (29.3, 30.9)

0.022

29.8 (29.0, 30.6)

29.8 (29.0, 30.7)

29.0 (28.1, 29.8)

0.214

29.7 (28.8, 30.5)

29.8 (29.0, 30.6)

29.1 (28.3, 30.0)

0.496

% Male

23.8

41.7

68.7

<  0.001

39.3

36.1

58.3

0.016

45.2

34.9

53.6

0.314

% Taking AHT

33.3

32.1

50.6

0.026

40.5

34.9

40.5

1.000

44.0

36.1

35.7

0.304

% Physically active*

21.7

26.2

28.9

0.329

28.6

19.3

28.9

1.000

26.5

26.5

23.8

0.724

% Current smoker*

0.0

3.6

7.3

0.011

4.8

2.4

3.6

0.838

6.0

4.8

0.0

0.059

% Education – High school or lower

34.5

35.7

31.3

0.684

35.7

28.9

36.9

0.935

34.5

38.6

28.6

0.464

  1. Significant data are in bold
  2. 1 Difference in proportions computed by Chi-square analysis (categorical variables) or linear trends computed by analysis of variance (continuous variables) across tertiles 2Mean (range) dietary pattern score
  3. *n = 250
  4. All other data are mean (95% CI) or percentage of participants,
  5. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index; AHT anti-hypertensive medication