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Table 1 Characteristics of the subjects by DASH and aMed score groupsa

From: Association between diet quality and obesity indicators among the working-age adults in Inner Mongolia, Northern China: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

DASH

aMed

T1

T2

T3

P

T1

T2

T3

P

WC

Abdominal obesitya

498(38.5)

184(40.9)

151(39.7)

163(35.1)

0.17

167(39.4)

194(42.7)

137(32.9)

0.01

BMI

Overweight and obesitya

784(60.6)

278(61.8)

236(62.1)

270(58.2)

0.42

276(65.1)

273(60.1)

235(56.5)

0.04

WC-BMI

High riska

816(63.1)

286(63.6)

248(65.3)

282(60.8)

0.39

285(67.2)

286(6)

245(58.9)

0.04

Gender

Female

699(53.0)

228(49.9)

204(52.4)

267(56.3)

0.14

230(53.5)

233(50.5)

236(55.0)

0.40

Age

< 35

190(14.4)

51(11.1)

64(16.5)

75(15.8)

0.02

65(15.1)

56(12.2)

69(16.1)

0.002

35–44

316(23.9)

130(28.5)

72(18.5)

114(24.1)

 

123(28.6)

95(20.6)

98(22.8)

 

45–54

535(40.5)

176(38.5)

168(43.2)

191(40.3)

 

160(37.2)

188(40.8)

187(43.6)

 

55–60

279(21.1)

100(21.9)

85(21.8)

94(19.8)

 

82(19.1)

122(26.4)

75(17.5)

 

Place of residence

Urban

527(39.9)

122(26.7)

127(32.7)

278(58.7)

< 0.001

128(29.8)

151(32.8)

248(57.8)

< 0.001

Ethnicity

Han

1034(78.3)

322(70.5)

308(79.2)

404(85.2)

< 0.001

321(74.6)

362(78.5)

351(81.8)

< 0.001

Mongolian

233(17.7)

123(26.9)

65(16.7)

45(9.5)

 

97(22.6)

88(19.1)

48(11.2)

 

Other minority

53(4.0)

12(2.6)

16(4.1)

25(5.3)

 

12(2.8)

11(2.4)

30(7.0)

 

Education level

Low

476(36.1)

227(49.7)

140(36.0)

109(23.0)

< 0.001

201(46.7)

184(39.9)

91(21.2)

< 0.001

Medium

485(36.7)

157(34.3)

147(37.8)

181(38.2)

 

149(34.7)

162(35.1)

174(40.6)

 

High

359(27.2)

73(16.0)

102(26.2)

184(38.8)

 

80(18.6)

115(25.0)

164(38.2)

 

Smoking status

Current smokeing

409(31.0)

157(34.4)

117(30.1)

135(28.5)

0.40

141(32.8)

150(32.6)

118(27.5)

0.33

Quitting smoking

55(4.2)

17(3.7)

17(4.4)

21(4.4)

 

15(3.5)

18(3.9)

22(5.1)

 

not smoking

856(64.8)

283(61.9)

255(65.5)

318(67.1)

 

274(63.7)

293(63.5)

289(67.4)

 

Physical activity

None

100(7.6)

43(9.4)

38(9.8)

19(4.0)

< 0.001

37(8.6)

41(8.9)

22(5.1)

0.001

Inadequate

376(28.5)

99(21.7)

113(29.0)

164(34.6)

 

110(25.6)

112(24.3)

154(35.9)

 

Suffıcient

844(63.9)

315(68.9)

238(61.2)

291(61.4)

 

283(65.8)

308(66.8)

253(59.0)

 

Meals eaten outside the home

Yes

230(17.4)

62(13.6)

78(20.1)

90(19.0)

0.03

58(13.5)

90(19.5)

82(19.1)

0.03

Drinking status

Never

802(60.8)

275(60.2)

240(61.7)

287(60.6)

0.12

270(62.8)

266(57.7)

266(62.0)

0.18

Moderate

367(27.8)

126(27.6)

96(24.7)

145(30.6)

 

119(27.7)

129(28.0)

119(27.7)

 

Excess

151(11.4)

56(12.2)

53(13.6)

42(8.6)

 

41(9.5)

66(14.3)

44(10.3)

 

Family history

Yes

771(58.4)

243(53.2)

222(57.1)

306(64.6)

0.002

224(52.1)

261(56.6)

286(66.7)

< 0.001

Hypertension

Yes

552(41.8)

195(42.7)

169(43.4)

188(39.7)

0.48

173(40.2)

194(42.1)

185(43.1)

0.69

Diabetes

Yes

84(6.4)

26(5.7)

25(6.4)

33(7.0)

0.73

24(5.6)

36(7.8)

24(5.6)

0.29

  1. Variables are presented as frequency (percentage) (%)
  2. aAfter standardization using the 2010 National Census Data, the standardized prevalence rates of abdominal obesity, overweight obesity, and high risk of obesity were 34.5, 56.8, and 58.6%, respectively