Social network characteristics are correlated with dietary patterns among middle aged and older South Asians living in the United States (U.S.)

Talegawkar, Sameera A.; Lancki, Nicola; Jin, Yichen; Siddique, Juned; Gadgil, Meghana; Kanaya, Alka M.; Schneider, John A.; Van Horn, Linda; De Koning, Lawrence; Kandula, Namratha R.

doi:10.1186/s40795-020-00368-1

Table 3 Partial correlations between social networks and dietary patterns in the MASALA cohort

From: Social network characteristics are correlated with dietary patterns among middle aged and older South Asians living in the United States (U.S.)

	n	Animal protein		Fried snacks, sweets and high-fat dairy		Fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes
	n	Partial Correlation Coefficient	P	Partial Correlation Coefficient	P	Partial Correlation Coefficient	P
Network characteristics
Network Size	729	0.034	0.370	− 0.001	0.978	0.012	0.749
Mean age within network	729	0.007	0.850	− 0.016	0.674	0.062	0.098
Mean number of years living in the US	728	0.111	0.003	−0.055	0.143	0.023	0.544
Proportion of network is family member	729	−0.109	0.003	0.009	0.814	0.033	0.379
Proportion of network is South Asian	729	−0.258	<.001	0.093	0.013	0.042	0.261
Perceived dietary intakes
Proportion of network:
Is vegetarian	729	−0.505	<.001	0.169	<.001	0.054	0.147
Eats SA food daily	729	−0.225	<.001	0.141	<.001	0.022	0.551
Eats non-SA food daily	728	0.288	<.001	−0.124	<.001	−0.010	0.790
Eats raw vegetables daily	725	0.037	0.329	−0.134	<.001	0.176	<.001
Eats cooked vegetables daily	727	−0.120	0.001	−0.004	0.921	0.092	0.014
Eats fruit daily	728	−0.091	0.015	−0.027	0.468	0.118	0.002
Eats brown rice/quinoa daily/weekly	727	−0.035	0.352	−0.118	0.002	0.156	<.001
Eats non-vegetarian daily/weekly	729	0.510	<.001	−0.144	<.001	−0.067	0.073
Eats processed meat daily/weekly	727	0.330	<.001	−0.021	0.583	−0.051	0.174
Network drinks SSB daily	727	0.039	0.296	0.090	0.016	−0.079	0.034
Drinks diet drinks daily	723	0.103	0.006	−0.005	0.901	0.026	0.485
Eats SA sweets daily/weekly	729	−0.039	0.298	0.165	<.001	−0.125	<.001
Eats fried foods daily/weekly	728	0.086	0.022	0.128	<.001	−0.098	0.009
Eats fast food daily/weekly	729	0.012	0.744	0.149	<.001	−0.059	0.116
Eats out at restaurants (not fast food) daily/weekly	727	0.120	0.001	−0.015	0.691	−0.034	0.364
Adds ghee to food daily/weekly	727	−0.149	<.001	0.208	<.001	−0.015	0.682
Network eats processed/packaged foods daily	727	0.002	0.958	0.017	0.659	−0.010	0.781
Number of organizational affiliations	729	−0.226	<.001	0.083	0.027	0.018	0.625

Abbreviations: SA South Asian, SSB Sugar-sweetened beverages
Note: Model adjusting for age, sex, marital status, income, education, study site, self-rated health, traditional cultural beliefs, energy intake, intentional exercise, percent life in the U.S. and social network size

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