Research Article

Association between Dietary Patterns and Chronic Diseases among Chinese Adults in Baoji

Table 3

Demography and body indices by dietary pattern.

VariablesGroupsProteinBalancedBeansPrudentTraditional

Age (yr)Q1
Q2
Q3
34.8*30.2*18.2* 10.0*2.9#

Gender (male/female)Q1915/741842/814879/777752/904736/920
Q2791/865867/789842/814911/745814/842
Q3813/843810/846798/858856/800969/687
21.2*1.2#7.9*31.5*68.0*

BMI (kg/m2)Q1
Q2
Q3
0.5#0.7#0.6#0.9#0.9#

Waist (cm)Q1
Q2
Q3
4.6*4.1*3.6*1.0#0.6#

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