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Table 4 The difference (95% CIs) in annual changes in brain lobes (%) across the three dietary patterns, in women (n = 821) a, b, c

From: Associations of dietary patterns and longitudinal brain-volume change in Japanese community-dwelling adults: results from the national institute for longevity sciences-longitudinal study of aging

 

Intercept

Grain-Vegetable-Fruit diet

Traditional Japanese diet

Estimate (SE)

β (95% CI)

P-value

β (95% CI)

P-value

Frontal lobe

-0.928 (0.885)

-0.011 (-0.267 to 0.246)

0.935

-0.204 (-0.414 to 0.006)

0.057

Parietal lobe

-1.056 (0.861)

-0.053 (-0.303 to 0.196)

0.676

-0.214 (-0.418 to -0.010)

0.041

Occipital lobe

-0.752 (0.834)

0.022 (-0.220 to 0.263)

0.862

-0.120 (-0.317 to 0.078)

0.236

Temporal lobe

-0.573 (0.753)

-0.067 (-0.285 to 0.151)

0.546

-0.137 (-0.316 to 0.041)

0.133

Insular lobe

-0.624 (0.730)

0.151 (-0.061 to 0.362)

0.163

-0.090 (-0.263 to 0.083)

0.307

  1. a \(\text{Annual changes in region of interest (ROI)}\, (\%)=\frac{\text{relative volume of ROI}_\text{at baseline}-\text{relative volume of ROI}_\text{at follow-up}}{\text{relative volume of ROI}_\text{at baseline}}\div\frac{\text{follow-up time (days)}}{365.25}\times100\%\)
  2. bAnalyzed by the general linear model. participants in the Western diet were used as the reference group
  3. cAdjusted for baseline information on age (years; continuous), APOE genotype (APOE-ε4 carriers: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, or APOE-ε4 noncarriers: 2/2, 2/3, 3/3), education level (≤ 9, 10 − 12, or ≥ 13 years), smoking status (never, former, or current), total physical activity (METs-h/day; continuous), energy intake (kcal/day; continuous), BMI (kg/m2; continuous), depressive symptoms (CES-D score; ≤15 or ≥ 16), and medical history (i.e., stroke, hypertension, heart disease, dyslipidemia, and diabetes; dichotomous yes or no responses, for each)
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