Table 4

DHD2015-index score and its component scores in runners with and without current or past tendinopathy

	Men (n=891)			Women (n=1095)
	No LLT (n=530)	LLT (n=361)	P value*	No LLT (n=767)	LLT (n=328)	P value*
DHD2015-index total score	88.6 (76.6–99.7)	89.0 (77.7–100.9)	0.337	96.0 (84.5–105.6)	97.6 (86.4–107.3)	0.053
DHD2015-index component scores
1. Vegetables	6.8 (3.8–10.0)	6.8 (4.1–10.0)	0.904	9.1 (5.8–10.0)	9.9 (6.1–10.0)	0.224
2. Fruit	10.0 (5.1–10.0)	10.0 (4.9–10.0)	0.990	10.0 (6.4–10.0)	10.0 (6.3–10.0)	0.683
3a. Wholegrain products intake	5.0 (4.8–5.0)	5.0 (5.0–5.0)	0.538	4.8 (2.4–5.0)	4.3 (2.2–5.0)	0.124
3b. Ratio of wholegrain/refined grains	5.0 (2.6–5.0)	5.0 (3.0–5.0)	0.432	5.0 (3.2–5.0)	5.0 (3.4–5.0)	0.593
3. Wholegrain products total†	10.0 (7.0–10.0)	10.0 (7.3–10.0)	0.428	8.9 (6.2–10.0)	8.7 (6.2–10.0)	0.592
4. Legumes	10.0 (5.5–10.0)	10.0 (6.4–10.0)	0.878	10.0 (4.9–10.0)	10.0 (7.3–10.0)	0.042
5. Nuts	7.9 (2.6–10.0)	8.8 (3.2–10.0)	0.175	7.7 (2.5–10.0)	9.0 (3.8–10.0)	0.012
6. Dairy	6.6 (3.4–9.4)	6.8 (2.9–9.8)	0.698	5.8 (2.7–8.9)	6.4 (3.0–9.3)	0.151
7. Fish	6.3 (2.7–9.9)	6.3 (2.9–10.0)	0.478	6.4 (1.8–10.0)	7.0 (2.9–9.9)	0.279
8. Tea	1.8 (0.0–7.4)	2.6 (0.1–7.6)	0.045	6.5 (1.6–10.0)	6.5 (0.9–10.0)	0.312
9. Fats and oils	10.0 (1.8–10.0)	10.0 (1.8–10.0)	0.588	10.0 (1.7–10.0)	10.0 (1.3–10.0)	0.691
11. Red meat	10.0 (7.5–10.0)	10.0 (6.9–10.0)	0.387	10.0 (8.6–10.0)	10.0 (8.6–10.0)	0.587
12. Processed meat	4.9 (0.7–8.0)	5.4 (1.3–8.4)	0.166	7.4 (4.2–9.7)	7.7 (5.1–9.7)	0.449
13. Sweetened beverages and fruit juices	7.6 (3.4–9.4)	7.9 (3.7–9.4)	0.432	9.0 (7.0–9.9)	9.0 (6.5–10.0)	0.837
14. Alcohol	10.0 (8.7–10.0)	10.0 (8.6–10.0)	0.800	10.0 (10.0–10.0)	10.0 (10.0–10.0)	0.966
16. Unhealthy choices	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.965	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.620

Data are presented as median (25–75th percentile).
Component 10 (coffee) and 15 (salt) could not be calculated from FFQ data.
*P values were obtained with a Mann-Whitney U test; statistical significance (p<0.05) is indicated in bold.
†Sum score of components 3a and 3b.
DHD2015-index, Dutch Healthy Diet index 2015 ; FFQ, Food Frequency Questionnaire; LLT, lower limb tendinopathy.