With increasing quartile of the simplified pattern score, the quality of the food intake pattern tended to worsen, i.e., a higher score reflected higher intakes of red meat, low-fiber bread and cereal, dried beans, fried potatoes, tomato vegetables, eggs, cheese, and cottage cheese and lower intake of wine. Compared with those in the lowest pattern quartile, individuals in the highest quartile consumed on average 1.5 servings more of the red meat food group and 1.8 servings more of the low-fiber bread and cereal food group per day.