Healthy eating index 2015 and major dietary patterns in relation to incident hypertension; a prospective cohort study

Table 5 The correlation between healthy eating index 2015 and major identified dietary patterns

Major dietary pattern	Categories	HEI	P*	r	P**
Major dietary pattern	Categories	Mean ± SD	P*	r	P**
Plant- based dietary pattern	T1	46.65 ± 6.06	< 0.001	0.492	< 0.001
	T2	51.91 ± 6.14
	T3	55.68 ± 6.91
High protein dietary pattern	T1	48.8 ± 7.23	< 0.001	0.255	< 0.001
	T2	51.63 ± 6.68
	T3	53.83 ± 7.34
Unhealthy dietary pattern	T1	55.5 ± 6.86	< 0.001	-0.473	< 0.001
	T2	50.85 ± 6.63
	T3	47.91 ± 6.56

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