Table 5 Serum concentrations (mean and 95% CI) of biomarkers by quintiles of dietary pattern scores among girls

Folate 1 (ng/ml)^a,b

10

10.2

9.4

0.055

9.9

9.4

9.4

0.452

N = 1203

(9.3–10.6)

(9.5–11.0)

(8.6–10.2)

(9.1–10.7)

(8.8–10.0)

(8.7–10.1)

Folate 2 (ng/ml)^a,b

8.0

7.2

5.8

0.017

6.8

7.4

8.6

0.039

N = 714

(7.2–8.7)

(6.7–7.7)

(4.8–6.8)

(6.1–7.4)

(6.8–7.9)

(7.0–10.2)

Vitamin B₁₂ (ng/l)^a,b

520

498

486

0.474

490

500

528

0.385

N = 1920

(496–544)

(477–519)

(453–518)

(468–512)

(475–524)

(498–558)

Ferritin (μg/l)^a,c

34.5

31.6

32.6

0.252

31.5

34.1

35.6

0.092

N = 1992

(31.9–37.2)

(29.6–33.7)

(29.8–35.5)

(29.2–33.8)

(31.2–36.9)

(32.2–38.9)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)^d,e

113

114

112

0.125

112

114

113

0.255

N = 2024

(112–114)

(113–115)

(111–113)

(111–113)

(112–115)

(112–115)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)^d,e

68

68.3

67.7

0.757

67.5

67.9

68.3

0.669

N = 2024

(67.1–68.9)

(67.5–69.1)

(66.7–68.6)

(66.7–68.3)

(67.2–68.6)

(67.3–69.3)

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)^d,f

164

161

164

0.443

165

160

162

0.173

N = 1743

(161–168)

(157–164)

(160–169)

(162–169)

(157–163)

(159–166)

HDL-C (mg/dl)^d,f

58.1

56.9

59

0.355

58.7

58.4

58.2

0.665

N = 1743

(56.8–59.3)

(55.6–58.2)

(57.1–61.0)

(57.1–60.2)

(57.0–59.7)

(56.7–59.6)

LDL-C (mg/dl)^d,f

93.3

91.6

92

0.891

94

89

92.7

0.112

N = 1743

(90.2–98.4)

(88.4–94.8)

(88.1–96.0)

(91.0–97.0)

(86.3–91.6)

(89.0–96.3)

Homocysteine (μmol/l)^a

7.6

7.6

8.1

0.029

8.0

7.5

7.4

0.002

N = 2021

(7.3–7.9)

(7.3–7.9)

(7.7–8.5)

(7.7–8.3)

(7.2–7.8)

(7.0–7.8)

Uric acid (mg/dl)^a

4.4

4.3

4.3

0.586

4.3

4.3

4.4

0.204

N = 2036

(4.2–4.5)

(4.1–4.4)

(4.1–4.5)

(4.1–4.4)

(4.1–4.4)

(4.2–4.6)

HbA1c (%)^a,g

4.8

4.9

4.9

0.391

4.8

4.8

4.8

0.687

N = 2023

(4.8–4.9)

(4.8–4.9)

(4.8–5.0)

(4.8–4.9)

(4.8–4.9)

(4.7–4.9)