Dietary Pattern and Metabolic Syndrome in Thai Adults

Table 2

Socio-demographic factors by quartile of factor scores of dietary patterns in Thai adults aged 30–59 years, NHES IV, 2009.

	Meat				value	Carbohydrate				value	Healthy				value
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Men ( = 2693)
Age (mean, yrs)	45.3	44.3	44.1	42.5	<0.001	43.6	44.0	44.0	44.5	0.01	43.5	44.4	43.8	44.6	0.08
Area of residence
Urban (%)	25.9	23.9	22.4	27.9	0.02	33.2	25.5	24.7	16.5	<0.001	23.1	21.0	24.7	31.2	<0.001
Rural (%)	27.3	25.8	24.7	22.3		13.6	19.7	24.6	42.0		27.4	29.9	22.9	19.8
Region
North (%)	28.0	28.6	26.7	16.6	<0.001	5.7	17.8	34.5	41.9	<0.001	24.4	30.4	25.0	20.1	<0.001
Central (%)	20.6	21.6	26.0	31.9		31.9	38.2	24.8	5.1		25.5	25.5	22.9	26.1
Northeast (%)	33.3	26.1	21.2	19.4		2.4	8.5	23.7	65.4		28.6	30.9	21.7	18.9
South (%)	16.3	25.6	27.3	30.8		52.3	33.3	12.4	2.0		26.2	23.1	25.6	25.0
Bangkok (%)	25.4	23.3	20.9	30.3		48.9	26.9	21.1	3.1		22.1	15.5	25.7	36.7
Wealth quintile
Q1 (%)	31.8	25.3	23.8	19.1	0.01	10.4	17.3	24.2	48.1	<0.001	32.4	32.6	19.8	15.1	<0.001
Q2 (%)	26.1	28.2	24.5	21.1		12.0	18.8	26.7	42.5		26.7	32.6	24.0	16.7
Q3 (%)	24.3	23.1	24.9	27.6		20.5	19.0	25.5	34.9		26.1	26.5	25.1	21.9
Q4 (%)	24.0	23.3	25.2	27.6		22.4	27.6	24.0	26.0		24.5	22.2	23.1	30.2
Q5 (%)	27.2	26.1	21.6	25.1		34.0	26.7	22.0	17.2		18.8	19.9	21.1	36.1
Women ( = 3179)
Age (yr)	44.7	44.3	43.6	41.9	<0.001	43.4	43.6	43.8	43.7	0.51	43.8	43.2	43.9	43.6	0.95
Area of residence
Urban (%)	26.8	23.2	22.3	27.8	0.08	31.7	26.7	23.7	17.8	<0.001	23.5	21.3	26.0	29.1	<0.001
Rural (%)	26.4	25.8	24.3	23.4		14.5	17.7	25.3	42.6		28.6	27.8	24.3	19.3
Region
North (%)	29.8	25.2	25.6	19.4	<0.001	6.5	15.0	29.1	49.4	<0.001	25.5	29.8	27.5	17.2	<0.001
Central (%)	20.7	23.4	25.7	30.2		34.2	31.2	29.4	5.2		31.4	21.1	23.2	24.3
Northeast (%)	33.6	27.2	19.8	19.3		2.6	6.6	23.8	67.0		26.4	29.8	23.9	19.9
South (%)	15.1	24.5	31.6	28.8		44.9	39.4	13.2	2.5		24.9	23.6	23.8	27.6
Bangkok (%)	22.2	21.4	19.0	37.4		41.6	31.7	22.3	4.4		24.8	17.7	27.9	29.6
Wealth quintile
Q1 (%)	32.4	26.5	20.2	20.9	<0.001	8.9	12.6	25.8	52.6	<0.001	33.3	34.2	23.1	9.5	<0.001
Q2 (%)	23.5	26.3	25.4	24.9		12.3	17.9	26.7	43.1		33.3	26.8	24.1	15.8
Q3 (%)	21.8	26.9	26.1	25.3		17.3	24.2	24.6	33.9		28.4	28.7	22.5	20.3
Q4 (%)	23.2	22.5	26.2	28.1		23.8	24.4	23.2	28.5		26.6	19.6	26.4	27.4
Q5 (%)	31.0	22.9	21.3	24.7		34.0	22.3	23.9	19.8		15.2	19.4	28.1	37.2

Data are shown in means and percent.