Dietary accordance with the DASH
DASH accordance scores were normally distributed over the
full range (8–40) with an overall mean score of 24. In Table 2,
the mean overall DASH diet score by demographic and socioeconomic
characteristics is provided. Women showed higher
DASH accordance than did men, and in age and sex-adjusted
models, DASH accordance was higher for people of higher socioeconomic
status, whether indicated by occupational social
class or by educational attainment. Current smokers had significantly
less DASH-accordant diets than both never and former
smokers.