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Table 5 Cardiovascular risk factors (mean ± SD) per food pattern among score tertiles

From: Dietary intake practices associated with cardiovascular risk in urban and rural Ecuadorian adolescents: a cross-sectional study

 

Population

Tertile 1

Tertile 2

Tertile 3

β %

P

“Rice-non animal fat pattern

BMIa (kg/m2)

Overall

20.6±3.2

20.2±3.2

20.0±2.9

−12.7

0.41

Waist circumference (cm)

Overall

71.0±8.3

69.2±8

70.3±7.7

−19.6

0.57

SBPb (mmHg)

Overall

102.2±9.7

101.3±10.2

101.3±10.1

−23.6

0.58

DBPc (mmHg)

Overall

62.8±8.8

62.1±8.8

62.0±8.6

−23.5

0.51

Glucose (mg/dL)

Rural

73.7±3.5

73.6±9.0

72.6±8.8

−1.5

0.41

 

Urban

72.7±7.2

77.3±21.4

77.9±10.4

3.3

<0.01

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

Overall

90.9±56.7

105.5±61.6

97.5±45.9

1.4

0.80

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

Overall

144.4±27.1

150.3±28.8

145.9±38.9

−1.4

0.95

HDLd (mg/dL)

Overall

52.8±12.8

50.1±12.0

47.1±11.1

−3.7

0.93

LDLe (mg/dL)

Overall

73.4±22.1

79.0±24.0

79.3±36.6

−0.9

0.93

“Wheat-animal fat pattern”

BMI (kg/m2)

Overall

20.3±3.1

20.4±3.2

20.2±3.1

−7.9

0.51

Waist circumference (cm)

Overall

70.0±7.7

70.2±8.3

70.3±8.1

1.5

0.97

SBP (mmHg)

Rural

99.9±6.5

99.3±11.1

99.0±10.2

−70.8

0.06

 

Urban

102.3±9.9

101.9±9.9

102.6±9.8

17.1

0.69

DBP (mmHg)

Overall

62.4±8.7

62.0±8.6

62.5±8.9

−17.2

0.83

Glucose (mg/dL)

Overall

74.0±8.2

76.5±18.9

74.0±8.6

−0.2

0.98

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

Overall

100.0±58.6

99.4±57.1

94.7±48.6

2.2

0.58

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

Rural

137.0±45.4

152.4±33.2

155.2±33.9

3.7

0.02

 

Urban

144.8±25.9

149.3±26.9

137.4±41.4

−1.9

0.20

HDL (mg/dL)

Overall

49.0±12.6

51.0±12.3

49.5±11.3

−0.3

0.86

LDL (mg/dL)

Rural

74.5±26.6

79.4±26.8

87.8±31.7

8.4

0.04

 

Urban

73.3±21.9

78.9±22.8

71.6±39.2

4.3

0.17

  1. aBody mass index, bSystolic blood pressure, cDiastolic blood pressure, dHigh density lipoprotein, eLow density lipoprotein.
  2. Differences using linear regression models adjusted for UBN, place of residence and gender when necessary. Data were stratified by rural and urban settings when interaction terms were statistically significan.