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• The PC1 gradient distinguishes the dietary patterns of Tessekere (Senegal) from those of the Caribbean Coast (Guadeloupe) and Oyapock (French Guiana).
• Participants are incrementally less likely to declare bad health when residing in Oyapock (French Guiana), Estarreja (Portugal), or the Caribbean Coast (Guadeloupe) as opposed to Tessekere (Senegal).
• Participants in Tessekere (Senegal) reported more consumption of '10. fish and shellfish' than participants in Estarreja (Portugal) and Caribbean Coast (Guadeloupe).
• A Kruskal-Wallis test found statistically significant differences in average household size (p < 0.01), ranging from large households (over 9 individuals) in Tessekere (Senegal) to small households (2 to 3 individuals) in the Caribbean Coast (Guadeloupe) and Estarreja (Portugal).
• Participants in Tessekere (Senegal) reported lower or absent consumption of '9. Eggs', '7. Meat', '8. processed meat', '16. sentinel fried and salty foods', and '18. alcoholic beverage' compared to other regions.
• In Tessekere (Senegal), approximately one-fifth of study participants identified as homemakers.
• In Estarreja (Portugal) and Oyapock (French Guiana), agriculture was an important activity for participants, while livestock farming was the most important occupation in Tessekere (Senegal).
• Participants from Tessekere, Senegal, were more likely to declare bad health compared to participants from the other three regions studied.
• The proportion of participants consuming a meal outside the home during the 24-hour recall period was 40.38% in Caribbean Coast (Guadeloupe) and 17.82% in Tessekere (Senegal).
• 60.39% of participants from Tessekere (Senegal) rated their health as “poor” or “passable,” which was the highest proportion among all regions studied.
• One participant from Tessekere (Senegal) reported not eating for 24 hours and was included in the study analysis.
• The population of Tessekere in the Ferlo region of Senegal had a significantly lower dietary diversity score compared to the other three regions studied.
• Roughly half of the study participants lived in a conjugal union, except for participants from Tessekere (Senegal), where the majority (> 90%) lived in a conjugal union.
• Tessekere (Senegal) had the highest proportion of participants in the lowest tercile of dietary diversity and no participants in the highest tercile.
• Participants from Tessekere (Senegal) cluster together based on an increased citation of food items in groups ‘10. fish and shellfish’, ‘14. oils and fats’, ‘11. pulses’ and ‘15. sentinel sweet foods and beverages’, a pattern labeled “animal protein of aquatic origin and high fiber”.
• Tessekere (Senegal) participants had the lowest mean Dietary Diversity Score compared to other regions.
• Participants in Tessekere (Senegal) did not cite the consumption of '6. organ meat', '16. sentinel fried and salty foods', or '18. alcoholic beverages'.
• The majority of participants across all study regions reported preparing meals very frequently or all the time, with the highest frequency in Estarreja (Portugal) and the lowest (under half) in Tessekere (Senegal).
• The ranking of mean Dietary Diversity Scores by region, from highest to lowest, is Caribbean Coast (Guadeloupe), Oyapock (French Guiana), Estarreja (Portugal), and Tessekere (Senegal).
• Participants in Tessekere (Senegal) had the highest citation rate for '11. pulses', while participants from Caribbean Coast (Guadeloupe) cited '5. ripe fruits' the most.
• Self-rated health is lower among women, the elderly, people who do not prepare their meals at home, people in Tessekere (Senegal), and people with lower dietary diversity.