Table 2 Characteristics of study participants by quartile categories of PDI, hPDI, and uPDI scores.

From: A cross-sectional study of the association between plant-based diet indices and kidney stones among Iranian adults

 

Quartiles of PDI

P*

Q1 (n = 2625)

Q2 (n = 2492)

Q3 (n = 2021)

Q4 (n = 2701)

Age (year)

49.72 ± 9.61

50.40 ± 9.46

50.56 ± 9.39

50.32 ± 8.91

0.009

BMI (kg/m2)

28.18 ± 4.86

28.55 ± 4.95

28.53 ± 4.82

28.42 ± 4.79

0.03

Physical activity (MET-h/day)

43.86 ± 9.87

43.10 ± 9.37

42.52 ± 8.81

42.69 ± 8.95

< 0.001

Female (%)

58.3%

60.4%

62.0%

57.5%

0.007

Married (%)

91.7%

91.5%

91.6%

92.6%

0.43

Urban (%)

61.4%

68.5%

70.3%

72.9%

< 0.001

SES (%)

     

Very low

20.8%

18.7%

20.5%

19.8%

< 0.001

Low

20.8%

19.9%

19.4%

20.3%

Medium

18.2%

19.1%

20.5%

22.1%

High

18.7%

20.9%

21.2%

20.4%

Very high

21.4%

21.4%

18.4%

17.4%

Education (university graduated) (%)

25.4%

24.4%

22.3%

20.6%

< 0.001

Diabetes (%)

18.5%

18.6%

16.9%

14.7%

< 0.001

High blood pressure (%)

18.9%

24.6%

23.7%

22.3%

< 0.001

Cardiovascular diseases (%)

8.2%

9.2%

9.9%

9.4%

0.22

Cancer (%)

1.5%

1.6%

2.1%

2.0%

0.27

Smoker (%)

10.0%

8.3%

8.4%

9.4%

0.09

Alcohol use (%)

9.2%

8.0%

7.1%

6.5%

0.002

 

Quartiles of hPDI

P*

Q1 (n = 2508)

Q2 (n = 2329)

Q3 (n = 2624)

Q4 (n = 2378)

Age (year)

47.64 ± 9.16

50.06 ± 9.38

50.93 ± 9.26

52.36 ± 8.94

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

27.93 ± 4.79

28.42 ± 4.88

28.51 ± 4.85

28.80 ± 4.86

< 0.001

Physical activity (MET-h/day)

42.98 ± 9.14

42.99 ± 9.29

43.02 ± 9.24

43.29 ± 9.53

0.60

Female (%)

55.2%

59.0%

62.3%

60.9%

< 0.001

Married (%)

92.8%

92.4%

90.5%

91.9%

0.01

Urban (%)

68.4%

68.3%

68.7%

67.3%

0.74

SES (%)

     

Very low

17.0%

19.3%

21.4%

22.0%

< 0.001

Low

19.4%

20.1%

20.0%

21.1%

Medium

19.3%

21.0%

20.7%

19.0%

High

23.5%

20.7%

18.7%

18.1%

Very high

20.8%

19.0%

19.2%

19.8%

Education (university graduated) (%)

27.3%

22.6%

21.5%

21.4%

< 0.001

Diabetes (%)

9.2%

14.8%

19.4%

25.4%

< 0.001

High blood pressure (%)

15.8%

20.9%

24.4%

28.0%

< 0.001

Cardiovascular diseases (%)

5.9%

9.4%

9.3%

11.9%

< 0.001

Cancer (%)

1.2%

1.8%

2.0%

2.1%

0.11

Smoker (%)

12.7%

9.4%

7.7%

6.3%

< 0.001

 

Quartiles of uPDI

P*

Q1 (n = 2368)

Q2 (n = 2252)

Q3 (n = 2899)

Q4 (n = 2320)

Age (year)

50.34 ± 9.22

50.06 ± 9.19

50.42 ± 9.59

50.03 ± 9.31

0.34

BMI (kg/m2)

29.33 ± 4.89

28.90 ± 4.86

28.15 ± 4.77

27.32 ± 4.70

< 0.001

Physical activity (MET-h/day)

40.19 ± 6.98

41.75 ± 8.53

43.68 ± 9.77

46.53 ± 10.21

< 0.001

Female (%)

66.8%

61.5%

58.0%

51.6%

< 0.001

Married (%)

91.6%

91.5%

92.0%

92.4%

0.64

Urban (%)

89.2%

76.1%

62.8%

45.7%

< 0.001

SES (%)

     

Very low

6.4%

14.9%

23.4%

34.3%

< 0.001

Low

14.7%

20.1%

23.0%

22.2%

Medium

21.6%

19.6%

19.8%

18.9%

High

24.2%

22.5%

18.9%

15.6%

Very high

33.1%

23.0%

14.8%

9.0%

Education (university graduated) (%)

34.2%

26.8%

19.0%

13.7%

< 0.001

Diabetes (%)

26.4%

18.4%

15.0%

9.3%

< 0.001

High blood pressure (%)

25.7%

24.4%

21.3%

17.8%

< 0.001

Cardiovascular diseases (%)

9.8%

9.5%

8.8%

8.3%

0.25

Cancer (%)

1.5%

1.7%

1.8%

2.0%

0.60

Smoker (%)

6.0%

7.5%

8.8%

14.1%

< 0.001

Alcohol use (%)

10.5%

7.7%

6.8%

6.2%

< 0.001

  1. All values are mean ± SD, unless indicated; *ANOVA for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables. PDI plant-based diet index, hPDI healthful plant-based diet index, uPDI unhealthful plant-based diet index, BMI body mass index, MET metabolic equivalents, SES social economic status.