Dietary patterns are associated with lung function among Spanish smokers without respiratory disease

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 4 Impaired lung function prevalence (and 95% confidence intervals) across tertiles (T1-T3) of major dietary patterns

	Terti1e 1		Terti1e 2		Terti1e 3		p-value
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	p-value
All (n = 207)
Alcohol-consumption pattern	10.1	5.0–19.5	26.0	17.2–37.5	31.8	22.1–43.6	0.007
Westernised pattern	26.0	17.2–37.5	18.8	11.4–29.6	23.2	14.8–34.4	0.593
Mediterranean-like pattern	27.5	18.4–39.0	23.2	14.8–34.4	17.4	10.2–28.0	0.361
Women (n = 116)
Alcohol-consumption pattern	6.1	2.1–16.5	17.5	8.7–31.9	33.3	18.6–52.2	0.009
Westernised pattern	11.1	4.8–23.5	15.8	7.4–30.4	24.2	12.8–41.0	0.300
Mediterranean-like pattern	22.0	12.0–26.7	16.2	7.7–31.1	10.5	4.2–24.1	0. 391
Men (n = 91)
Alcohol-consumption pattern	20.0	8.1–41.6	37.9	22.7–56.0	31.0	19.1–46.0	0. 409
Westernised pattern	54.1	35.1–72.1	22.6	11.4–39.8	22.2	11.7–38.1	0.015
Mediterranean-like pattern	35.7	20.7–54.2	31.2	18.0–48.6	25.8	13.7–43.2	0. 711

p-values are obtained by chi-squared test, and compared tertile 1 (lowest), tertile 2 (medium) and tertile 3 (highest)

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