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Table 1 Mediterranean diet adherence score (MDS) by dietary components and biomarkers

From: Adherence to the Mediterranean diet assessed by a novel dietary biomarker score and mortality in older adults: the InCHIANTI cohort study

Score

MDS

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient

Dietary components (FFQ)

Dietary biomarkers (dBMK)

Tertiles (0,1,2)

Vegetables

Legumes

Fruits and nuts

Cereals

Total polyphenols

Carotenoids

Linolenic acid

Selenium

0.170 (P<0.001)

Tertiles (0,1,2)

Fish

EPA+DHA

0.177 (P<0.001)

Tertiles (0,1,2)

MUFA/SFA

MUFA/SFA

0.229 (P<0.001)

Tertiles (0,2,0)

Alcohol

Resveratrol

0.668 (P<0.001)

Tertiles (2,1,0)

Meat

SFA

0.109 (P=0.005)

Tertiles (2,1,0)

Dairy products

Vitamin B12

0.135 (P=0.001)

Total score (0–18)

All dietary components

All biomarkers

0.263 (P<0.001)

  1. MDS Mediterranean diet adherence score, FFQ food-frequency questionnaire, EPA eicosapentaenoic acid, DHA docosahexaenoic acid, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, SFA saturated fatty acid