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Table 1 The main characteristics of the study participants by tertile (T) categories of dietary pattern scores in the ISA-Capital 2008

From: The traditional lunch pattern is inversely correlated with body mass index in a population-based study in Brazil

 

Traditional

Western

Sweetened juice

Salad

Meats

 

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

T1

T2

T3

Sex, n (%)

 Male

87 (28.34)

94 (29.84)

189 (60.77)

100 (32.47)

120 (39.09)

150 (47.17)

120 (38.96)

129 (41.88)

121 (38.17)

137 (45.21)

111 (35.35)

122 (38.61)

146 (47.10)

110 (35.14)

114 (36.77)

 Female

220 (71.66)

221 (70.16)

122 (39.23)

208 (67.53)

187 (60.91)

168 (52.83)

188 (61.04)

179 (58.12)

196 (61.83)

166 (54.79)

203 (64.65)

194 (61.39)

164 (52.90)

203 (64.86)

196 (63.23)

Body mass index (kg/m2), median (IQR)

26.04 (23.31, 29.07)

25.39 (22.83, 28.91)

24.93 (22.19, 27.99)

25.71 (22.88, 29.07)

25.39 (22.83, 28.65)

25.08 (22.53, 28.13)

25.53 (22.66, 28.55)

25.62 (23.18, 29.14)

25.25 (22.41, 28.40)

24.73 (22.15, 28.41)

26.00 (23.31, 29.07)

25.52 (23.09, 28.40)

25.39 (22.40, 28.76)

25.59 (22.94, 28.91)

25.32 (22.83, 28.13)

Physical activity levels, n (%)

 Insufficiently active

269 (87.62)

286 (90.79)

282 (90.68)

282 (91.56)

275 (89.58)

280 (88.05)

269 (87.34)

273 (88.64)

295 (93.06)

275 (90.76)

289 (92.04)

273 (86.39)

290 (93.55)

273 (87.22)

274 (88.39)

 Sufficiently active

38 (12.38)

29 (9.21)

29 (9.32)

26 (8.44)

32 (10.42)

38 (11.95)

39 (12.66)

35 (11.36)

22 (6.94)

28 (9.24)

25 (7.96)

43 (13.61)

20 (6.45)

40 (12.78)

36 (11.61)

Total energy intake (kcal/day), median (IQR)

1352 (1029, 1868)

1409 (1072, 1849)

1900 (1413, 2439)

1368 (1079, 1815)

1487 (1099, 1998)

1813 (1303, 2469)

1459 (1097, 2034)

1494 (1083, 2014)

1653 (1229, 2245)

1501 (1106, 2065)

1489 (1091, 2007)

1598 (1237, 2137)

1572 (1207, 2150)

1484 (1086, 1963)

1582 (1110, 2178)

Misreporting status, n (%)

 Under-reporting

99 (32.25)

74 (23.49)

40 (12.86)

88 (28.57)

83 (27.04)

42 (13.21)

74 (24.03)

75 (24.35)

64 (20.19)

73 (24.09)

77 (24.52)

63 (19.94)

57 (18.39)

82 (26.20)

74 (23.87)

 Plausible-reporting

169 (55.05)

202 (64.13)

202 (64.95)

188 (61.04)

183 (59.61)

202 (63.52)

199 (64.61)

189 (61.36)

185 (58.36)

175 (57.76)

197 (62.74)

201 (63.61)

200 (64.52)

186 (59.42)

187 (60.32)

 Over-reporting

39 (12.70)

39 (12.38)

69 (22.19)

32 (10.39)

41 (13.36)

74 (23.27)

35 (11.36)

44 (14.29)

68 (21.45)

55 (18.15)

40 (12.74)

52 (16.46)

53 (17.10)

45 (14.38)

49 (15.81)

  1. Sao Paulo. Brazil. (n = 933)