Table 4 Serum concentrations (mean and 95% CI) of biomarkers by quintiles of dietary pattern scores among boys

Folate 1 (ng/ml)^a,b

10

9.5

9.4

0.456

10.8

9.5

8.8

0.01

9.2

9.8

10.5

0.013

N = 1364

(9.1–11.0)

(8.6–10.5)

(8.4–10.4)

(9.9–11.6)

(8.7–10.4)

(7.8–9.8)

(8.3–10.1)

(8.9–10.6)

(9.5–11.4)

Folate 2 (ng/ml)^a,b

7.8

7.3

7.6

0.285

8.7

7.4

7.6

0.097

7.3

8.3

7.7

0.639

N = 778

(7.0–8.7)

(6.4–8.3)

(6.6–8.6)

(7.6–9.7)

(6.9–8.0)

(6.7–8.6)

(6.1–8.5)

(7.4–9.3)

(7.1–8.4)

Vitamin B₁₂ (ng/l)^a,b

504

499

470

0.294

475

497

470

0.061

474

483

493

0.025

N = 2151

(482–526)

(476–522)

(446–495)

(455–496)

(477–517)

(445–496)

(449–499)

(463–502)

(475–511)

Ferritin (μg/l)^a,c

47.9

47.7

43.1

0.106

44.8

45.4

48.8

0.687

46.8

43.7

48.0

0.246

N = 2237

(45.1–50.7)

(44.9–50.4)

(40.3–45.8)

(41.0–48.6)

(42.8–47.9)

(44.8–52.9)

(44.0–49.6)

(41.2–46.1)

(44.3–51.7)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)^d,e

117.2

117

116

0.116

116

117

117

0.332

116

118

118

0.262

N = 2297

(116–118)

(116–118)

(115–118)

(115–118)

(116–119)

(116–119)

(115–117)

(117–119)

(116–119)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)^d,e

69.2

68.6

67.7

0.014

68.2

69.1

69.2

0.374

68.3

69.4

68.9

0.215

N = 2297

(68.4–70.1)

67.7–69.6)

66.6–68.8)

(67.4–69.0)

(68.4–69.9)

(68.0–70.4)

(67.5–69.0)

(68.7–70.2)

(67.9–69.9)

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)^d

156

158

156

0.927

155

157

157

0.825

156

155.6

156.7

0.984

N = 2307

(153–160)

154–161)

(152–159)

(152–158)

(154–160)

(154–161)

(153–159)

(153–158)

(154–160)

HDL-C (mg/dl)^d

53.2

53.5

54.6

0.613

54.1

53.8

53.4

0.766

53.9

53.5

52.9

0.029

N = 2307

(51,9–54,5)

(52.2–54.7)

(53.4–55.8)

(52.9–55.4)

(52.5–55.2)

(52.0–54.8)

(52.6–55.1)

(52.3–54.6)

(51.7–54.2)

LDL-C (mg/dl)^d

87.4

88

87.5

0.981

86.4

88

88.4

0.826

86.9

87.4

87.8

0.991

N = 2308

(84.5–90.2)

(85.0–91.0)

(84.5–90.5)

(83.7–89.0)

(85.5–90.4)

(85.5–91.4)

(84.5–89.2)

(84.9–89.8)

(85.1–90.5)

Homocysteine (μmol/l)^a

8.6

9.3

9.0

0.025

9

9

9.2

0.834

9.3

9.1

8.5

0.002

N = 2305

(8.2–8.9)

(8.6–10.0)

(8.5–9.6)

(8.4–9.6)

(8.6–9.5)

(8.5–9.8)

(8.8–9.9)

(8.6–9.7)

(8.0–9.0)

Uric acid (mg/dl)^a

5.4

5.4

5.4

0.488

5.3

5.4

5.4

0.547

5.5

5.4

5.5

0.323

N = 2315

(5.2–5.5)

(5.3–5.6)

(5.2–5.6)

(5.2–5.5)

(5.2–5.5)

(5.2–5.7)

(5.3–5.6)

(5.3–5.5)

(5.3–5.7)

HbA1c (%)^a,f

4.9

4.9

4.9

0.885

4.9

4.9

4.9

0.467

4.9

4.9

4.9

0.955

N = 2306

(4.8–5.0)

(4.8–5.0)

(4.8–5.0)

(4.8–5.0)

(4.8–5.0)

(4.8–5.0)

(4.8–5.0)

(4.8–5.0)

(4.8–5.0)