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Table 4 Correlates of the identified dietary patterns in the study population as assessed by multivariate linear regression (n = 525)

From: A Lebanese dietary pattern promotes better diet quality among older adults: findings from a national cross-sectional study

 

Western

Lebanese

High protein/Alcohol

Variablea

β

95 % CI

β

95 % CI

β

95 % CI

Age

−0.044

−0.190, 0.101

0.129

−0.039, 0.297

−0.081

−0.235, 0.073

Males versus females

0.271

0.112, 0.429

−0.353

−0.537, −0.169

−0.097

−0.266, 0.071

Education

−0.163

−0.252, −0.074

0.127

0.024, 0.230

0.103

0.009, 0.198

Marital status

0.031

−0.131, 0.194

−0.084

−0.272, 0.104

−0.065

−0.237, 0.107

Crowding index

0.177

0.037, 0.317

−0.098

−0.260, 0.064

−0.087

−0.236, 0.061

Frequency of breakfast consumption

−0.044

−0.073, −0.015

−0.005

−0.038, 0.029

−0.001

−0.032, 0.030

Physical activity level

−0.123

−0.213, −0.033

0.155

0.051, 0.259

−0.002

−0.097, 0.094

Smoking

0.240

0.095, 0.385

−0.187

−0.355, −0.019

0.037

−0.117, 0.191

Frequency of alcohol consumption

−0.174

−0.255, −0.093

−0.003

−0.097, 0.090

0.253

0.167, 0.339

Presence of chronic disease

−0.221

−0.394, −0.048

0.012

−0.189, 0.212

0.184

0.000, 0.368

Family history of chronic diseases

0.016

−0.160, 0.193

−0.015

−0.219, 0.189

0.065

−0.123, 0.252

  1. aValues presented in this table are linear regression coefficients and their corresponding 95 % confidence intervals. All variables considered in these regression analyses are categorical except for age, frequency of breakfast consumption and the scores of the dietary patterns, which were continuous