Table 2 Participants’ characteristics in plausible reporters from the development sample and external validation samples
|  | Plausible reporters from the development sample (n = 1040) | External validation sample (n = 3344) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All participants (n = 1040) | Women (n = 536) | Men (n = 504) | All participants (n = 3344) | Women (n = 1614) | Men (n = 1730) | |
AHEI score | 61.9 (14.1) [18.9–99.0] | 65.2 (13.2) [29.2–99.0] | 58.4 (14.3) [18.9–91.4] | 63.4 (12.9) [22.9–100.8] | 65.8 (12.6) [26.6–100.8] | 61.3 (12.8) [22.9–99.8] |
Age (years) | 45.4 (14.2) [18.0–72.0] | 45.3 (14.4) [18.0–70.0] | 45.5 (14.0) [18.0–72.0] | 66.5 (6.4) [47.0–91.0] | 64.8 (5.9) [47.0–87.0] | 68.2 (6.4) [47.0–91.0] |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.7 (5.3) [16.3–54.7] | 26.9 (5.5) [16.3–54.7] | 25.5 (5.0) [17.2–48.2] | 27.1 (4.8) [13.6–56.1] | 26.7 (5.4) [13.6–56.1] | 27.5 (4.2) [14.7–48.0] |