Table 2 Distribution of sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics across highest and lowest quintiles of dietary patterns scores identified among 4372 participants the CoLaus study, 2009–2012, Lausanne, Switzerland
Meat & fries | Fruits & vegetables | Fatty & sugary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1–4 | Q5 | Q1–4 | Q5 | Q1–4 | Q5 | |
Gender | ||||||
Woman | 2034 (86.2) | 325 (13.8) | 1742 (73.8) | 617 (26.2) | 1952 (82.8) | 407 (17.3) |
Man | 1465 (72.7) | 549 (27.3) | 1757 (87.2) | 257 (12.8) | 1547 (76.8) | 467 (23.2) |
p-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Age group (years) | ||||||
40–49 | 961 (75.1) | 318 (24.9) | 1057 (82.6) | 222 (17.4) | 1018 (79.6) | 261 (20.4) |
50–59 | 1050 (78.0) | 297 (22.0) | 1082 (80.3) | 265 (19.7) | 1072 (79.6) | 275 (20.4) |
60–69 | 991 (85.1) | 173 (14.9) | 888 (76.3) | 276 (23.7) | 964 (82.8) | 200 (17.2) |
70–79 | 497 (85.3) | 86 (14.7) | 472 (81.0) | 111 (19.0) | 445 (76.3) | 138 (23.7) |
p-value | < 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.012 | |||
Country of birth | ||||||
Switzerland | 2387 (83.9) | 458 (16.1) | 2329 (81.9) | 516 (18.1) | 2286 (80.3) | 559 (19.7) |
France | 222 (76.6) | 68 (23.5) | 225 (77.6) | 65 (22.4) | 215 (74.1) | 75 (25.9) |
Italy | 173 (81.6) | 39 (18.4) | 173 (81.6) | 39 (18.4) | 167 (78.8) | 45 (21.2) |
Portugal | 108 (54.0) | 92 (46.0) | 145 (72.5) | 55 (27.5) | 163 (81.5) | 37 (18.5) |
Spain | 85 (63.4) | 49 (36.6) | 101 (75.4) | 33 (24.6) | 110 (82.1) | 24 (17.9) |
Other | 524 (75.7) | 168 (24.3) | 526 (76.0) | 166 (24.0) | 558 (80.6) | 134 (19.4) |
p-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.188 | |||
Education | ||||||
University | 787 (80.1) | 195 (19.9) | 745 (75.9) | 237 (24.1) | 789 (80.4) | 193 (19.7) |
High school | 952 (81.7) | 214 (18.3) | 914 (78.4) | 252 (21.6) | 940 (80.6) | 226 (19.4) |
Apprenticeship | 1279 (81.9) | 282 (18.1) | 1311 (84.0) | 250 (16.0) | 1241 (79.5) | 320 (20.5) |
Primary | 481 (72.4) | 183 (27.6) | 529 (79.7) | 135 (20.3) | 529 (79.7) | 135 (20.3) |
p-value | < 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.887 | |||
Smoking status | ||||||
Never | 1457 (80.6) | 350 (19.4) | 1410 (78.0) | 397 (22.0) | 1480 (81.9) | 327 (18.1) |
Former | 1354 (81.4) | 309 (18.6) | 1299 (78.1) | 364 (21.9) | 1321 (79.4) | 342 (20.6) |
Current | 688 (76.2) | 215 (23.8) | 790 (87.5) | 113 (12.5) | 698 (77.3) | 205 (22.7) |
p-value | 0.005 | < 0.001 | 0.014 | |||
On a diet | ||||||
No | 2361 (78.9) | 632 (21.1) | 2478 (82.8) | 515 (17.2) | 2319 (77.5) | 674 (22.5) |
Yes | 1138 (82.5) | 242 (17.5) | 1021 (74) | 359 (26) | 1180 (85.5) | 200 (14.5) |
p-value | 0.006 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
BMI categories | ||||||
Normal | 1657 (83.7) | 322 (16.3) | 1549 (78.3) | 430 (21.7) | 1555 (78.6) | 424 (21.4) |
Overweight | 1305 (77.5) | 378 (22.5) | 1368 (81.3) | 315 (18.7) | 1345 (79.9) | 338 (20.1) |
Obese | 537 (75.5) | 174 (24.5) | 582 (81.9) | 129 (18.1) | 599 (84.3) | 112 (15.8) |
p-value | < 0.001 | 0.031 | 0.005 | |||
Sedentary | ||||||
No | 1379 (81.2) | 319 (18.8) | 1317 (77.6) | 381 (22.4) | 1362 (80.2) | 336 (19.8) |
Yes | 1778 (79.4) | 461 (20.6) | 1814 (81.0) | 425 (19.0) | 1772 (79.1) | 467 (20.9) |
p-value | 0.160 | 0.008 | 0.409 | |||