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Table 4 Associations of food groups and dietary patterns with FLI, overall and stratified by metabotype clustera

From: Association of the habitual dietary intake with the fatty liver index and effect modification by metabotypes in the population-based KORA-Fit study

Food items

ß-estimate

95% CI

p-value

Adjusted p-value**

Total participants (n = 689)

 Total fruits [g/d]

0.006

(-0.026; 0.037)

0.715

0.739

 Total vegetables [g/d]

-0.028

(-0.079; 0.022)

0.271

0.316

 Total nuts [g/d]

-0.221

(-0.42; -0.022)

0.029

0.041

 Total meat [g/d]

0.466

(0.389; 0.543)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Beef [g/d]

0.801

(0.229; 1.372)

0.006

0.011

 Pork [g/d]

1.016

(0.694; 1.338)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Poultry [g/d]

0.557

(0.271; 0.842)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Total fish [g/d]

0.325

(0.173; 0.478)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Total eggs [g/d]

0.607

(0.42; 0.794)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Total dairy [g/d]

-0.004

(-0.029; 0.021)

0.739

0.739

 Whole grains [g/d]

-0.221

(-0.347; -0.095)

0.001

0.001

 Softdrinks [g/d]

0.024

(0.002; 0.045)

0.033

0.041

 AHEI

-0.908

(-1.163; -0.654)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 MDS

-1.913

(-3.353; -0.473)

0.009

0.014

Food items

ß-estimate

95% CI

p-value

Adjusted p-value**

Metabotype 1 (n = 140)

 Total fruits [g/d]

-0.008

(-0.074; 0.057)

0.805

0.835

 Total vegetables [g/d]

-0.041

(-0.161; 0.079)

0.504

0.672

 Total nuts [g/d]

0.032

(-0.328; 0.392)

0.861

0.861

 Total meat [g/d]

0.273

(0.081; 0.464)

0.006

0.016

 Beef [g/d]

0.207

(-0.801; 1.215)

0.685

0.781

 Pork [g/d]

0.605

(-0.269; 1.479)

0.173

0.276

 Poultry [g/d]

0.884

(0.103; 1.665)

0.027

0.058

 Total fish [g/d]

0.359

(-0.029; 0.746)

0.069

0.129

 Total eggs [g/d]

0.538

(0.076; 1)

0.023

0.053

 Total dairy [g/d]

0.012

(-0.033; 0.057)

0.591

0.719

 Whole grains [g/d]

-0.206

(-0.51; 0.098)

0.182

0.276

 Softdrinks [g/d]

0.03

(-0.015; 0.075)

0.187

0.276

 AHEI

-0.505

(-1.114; 0.103)

0.103

0.18

 MDS

-1.069

(-4.678; 2.541)

0.559

0.711

Food items

ß-estimate

95% CI

p-value

Adjusted p-value**

Metabotypes 2 and 3 (summarized) (n = 549)

 Total fruits [g/d]

0.006

(-0.029; 0.042)

0.725

0.781

 Total vegetables [g/d]

-0.021

(-0.076; 0.034)

0.457

0.64

 Total nuts [g/d]

-0.32

(-0.554; -0.085)

0.008

0.019

 Total meat [g/d]

0.487

(0.404; 0.571)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Beef [g/d]

1.002

(0.322; 1.682)

0.004

0.012

 Pork [g/d]

1.083

(0.734; 1.433)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Poultry [g/d]

0.516

(0.208; 0.824)

0.001

0.004

 Total fish [g/d]

0.3

(0.136; 0.465)

 < 0.001

0.002

 Total eggs [g/d]

0.629

(0.424; 0.834)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Total dairy [g/d]

-0.006

(-0.036; 0.024)

0.711

0.781

 Whole grains [g/d]

-0.234

(-0.371; -0.097)

0.001

0.004

 Softdrinks [g/d]

0.026

(0; 0.051)

0.046

0.091

 AHEI

-0.987

(-1.264; -0.709)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 MDS

-2.352

(-3.911; -0.792)

0.003

0.011

  1. alinear regression models adjusted for sex, age, physical activity, education years, smoking status, energy intake, and metabotype cluster. CI, confidence interval
  2. ** False discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted