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Table 3 Correlation of dietary indices with health measures

From: Use of dietary indices to control for diet in human gut microbiota studies

 

n

HEI

MDS

HFD-index

BMI

4428

β = −0.076 ***

β = − 0.098***

Non-significant

FI

4553

β = −0.12***

β = − 0.11***

β = 0.013*

  1. Three dietary indices, the Healthy Eating Index (HEI), the adjusted-Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) and the Healthy Food Diversity index (HFD-index) were assessed for their correlation with two health measures; body mass index (BMI kg/m2) and Rockwood’s frailty index (FI) [24] via nested linear regression models (adjusting for age, sex and zygosity). p values: p < 0.05*, p < 0.001***
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