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Table 3 Characteristics of sample across tertiles of dietary patterns

From: Dietary patterns associated with body mass index (BMI) and lifestyle in Mexican adolescents

 

Westernized

High animal protein and fat

Prudent

 

T1

T3

P value

T1

T3

P value

T1

T3

P value

Female %

58.00

52.40

0.39

60.40

54.00

0.58

58.80

60.40

0.63

Smoking %

12.00

12.00

0.90

11.20

14.50

0.40

20.90

4.00

0.00

Frequent fasting %

74.10

58.00

0.02

75.00

60.40

0.02

66.90

71.70

0.03

DM2 FH %

32.20

41.10

0.31

33.80

41.10

0.40

46.70

33.80

0.03

OW/Ob %

24.10

46.70

0.00

25.80

46.70

0.00

59.60

9.60

0.00

Weight, kg

59.3±9.1

66.9±10.1

0.00

60.4±9.4

66.2±10.7

0.00

68.2±10.5

56.1±8.3

0.00

BMI, kg/m2

23.1±3.0

26.2±3.9

0.00

23.4±3.1

25.5±3.8

0.00

26.4±3.6

21.8±3.4

0.00

  1. T1: Tertile 1
  2. T3: Tertile 3
  3. OW/Ob: Overweight/Obesity
  4. Chi-square test for qualitative data and one way-ANOVA for quantitative data