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Table 8 Food groups intake of study participants across different tertiles of dietary fatty acid patterns

From: Dietary fatty acid pattern and its association with metabolic profile among overweight and obese adults

Variables

Pattern 1

(SFA pattern)

Pattern 2

(PUFA pattern)

Pattern 3

(LC-CFA pattern)

1st tertile

(n = 115)

2nd tertile

(n = 112)

3rd tertile

(n = 113)

*P

**P

1st tertile

(n = 115)

2nd tertile

(n = 112)

3rd tertile

(n = 113)

*P

**P

1st tertile

(n = 115)

2nd tertile

(n = 112)

3rd tertile

(n = 113)

*P

**P

Red meat (g/d)

10.65 (9.08)

21.00 (20.37)

25.45 (31.49)

< 0.001

0.07

19.02 (25.80)

19.17 (17.27)

18.74 (25.19)

0.99

0.13

14.96 (13.52)

20.67 (26.54)

21.34 (26.29)

0.07

0.27

Fish (g/d)

7.60 (8.27)

9.71 (13.32)

13.24 (17.61)

< 0.001

0.09

8.60 (12.84)

10.85 (14.68)

11.07 (13.65)

0.32

0.83

8.27 (11.15)

8.44 (11.20)

13.76 (17.31)

< 0.001

0.97

Vegetables (g/d)

168.19 (126.50)

204.54 (126.80)

263.60 (269.87)

< 0.001

0.08

152.62 (116.86)

211.11 (152.56)

272.41 (255.81)

< 0.001

< 0.001

192.45 (142.59)

171.45 (110.95)

271.01 (266.15)

< 0.001

< 0.001

Eggs (g/d)

7.60 (8.27)

9.71 (13.32)

13.24 (17.61)

< 0.001

0.53

8.60 (12.84)

10.85 (14.68)

11.07 (13.65)

0.32

0.75

8.27 (11.15)

8.44 (11.20)

13.76 (17.31)

< 0.001

0.19

Low fat dairy (g/d)

64.26 (82.48)

79.43 (101.31)

153.65 (197.56)

< 0.001

< 0.001

204.97 (188.51)

290.61 (213.00)

311.38 (219.41)

< 0.001

< 0.001

252.28 (209.08)

264.30 (221.77)

289.74 (204.58)

0.39

0.75

High fat dairy (g/d)

167.63 (125.38)

257.03 (173.63)

384.42 (256.98)

< 0.001

< 0.001

65.03 (87.63)

111.03 (164.68)

121.14 (155.17)

< 0.001

< 0.001

97.13 (122.00)

91.66 (166.42)

107.99 (134.15)

0.67

0.23

Grains (g/d)

481.22 (225.24)

514.23 (239.62)

583.95 (278.08)

< 0.001

< 0.001

502.22 (231.05)

527.26 (239.48)

549.43 (281.27)

0.36

0.03

512.20 (253.56)

524.22 (252.22)

542.25 (250.03)

0.66

0.05

Nuts (g/day)

9.18 (12.64)

12.86 (12.38)

29.88 (67.04)

0.02

0.66

14.48 (22.80)

17.63 (38.03)

19.73 (55.41)

0.62

0.42

9.69 (12.30)

15.55 (16.20)

26.55 (66.74)

< 0.001

0.93

Animal fat (g/day)

0.66 (1.49)

2.29 (4.95)

10.44 (28.38)

< 0.001

0.01

6.34 (27.01)

3.47 (8.00)

3.51 (9.07)

0.35

0.99

6.14 (27.31)

3.40 (8.54)

3.79 (7.61)

0.49

0.87

Vegetable fat (g/day)

18.84 (20.90)

26.09 (28.11)

26.82 (24.97)

0.02

0.06

27.84 (29.54)

24.41 (25.74)

19.36 (17.63)

0.03

0.02

19.03 (17.46)

20.38 (21.90)

32.17 (31.52)

< 0.001

0.04

  1. SFA, saturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; LC-CFA, long chain combined fatty acids. All data are mean (± SD). * P values are derived from One-Way ANOVA. **P values are adjusted for dietary energy intake using the Residual method