Research Article
Association between Dietary Patterns and Chronic Diseases among Chinese Adults in Baoji
Table 3
Demography and body indices by dietary pattern.
| Variables | Groups | Protein | Balanced | Beans | Prudent | Traditional |
| Age (yr) | Q1 | | | | | | Q2 | | | | | | Q3 | | | | | | | 34.8* | 30.2* | 18.2* |
10.0* | 2.9# |
| Gender (male/female) | Q1 | 915/741 | 842/814 | 879/777 | 752/904 | 736/920 | Q2 | 791/865 | 867/789 | 842/814 | 911/745 | 814/842 | Q3 | 813/843 | 810/846 | 798/858 | 856/800 | 969/687 | | 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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