Sex differences in sociodemographic and lifestyle factors associated with diet quality in a multiethnic population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to examine associations of sociodemographic and lifestyle factors with diet quality in a multiethnic population.

Methods

The analysis included 160 353 African American, Native Hawaiian, Japanese American, Latino, and non-Hispanic white participants aged 45 to 75 y who entered the Multiethnic Cohort study by completing a comprehensive questionnaire in 1993 to 1996 and did not report cancer or heart disease. Diet quality was assessed using four diet quality indexes (DQIs): the Healthy Eating Index 2010, the Alternative Healthy Eating Index 2010, the alternate Mediterranean Diet, and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.

Results

For three DQIs, the Healthy Eating Index 2010, Alternative Healthy Eating Index 2010, and Dietar

SUBMITTER: Kang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7085987 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature