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Table 2 Participant characteristics in RFS tertiles

From: The association between recommended and non-recommended food scores on cardiovascular risk factors in obese and overweight adult women: a cross-sectional study

Variables

RFS

P value*

P value**

T1 (n = 126)

T2 (n = 126)

T3 (n = 126)

mean ± SD

Demography

     

Age(y)

36.34 ± 9.03

36.44 ± 9.53

37.41 ± 9.09

0.51

0.21a

Weight(kg)

80.54 ± 12.65

81.43 ± 11.90

80.84 ± 11.75

0.84

0.45

Height(cm)

161.09 ± 5.87

161.84 ± 6.12

161.63 ± 5.66

0.26

0.44

Blood pressure

     

SBP(mmHg)

111.71 ± 16.77

111.83 ± 13.99

110.27 ± 13.37

0.73

0.11

DBP(mmHg)

76.60 ± 12.54

78.40 ± 9.65

77.51 ± 8.76

0.50

0.33

Pulse

81.39 ± 11.82

79.22 ± 10.64

78.17 ± 8.68

0.12

0.44

RMR

1587.46 ± 273.41

1588.12 ± 256.11

1556.59 ± 254.07

0.65

0.81

Body composition

     

BFM(kg)

34.55 ± 8.77

34.62 ± 8.41

34.43 ± 8.71

0.98

0.55b

FFM(kg)

46.11 ± 5.89

47.17 ± 5.66

46.11 ± 5.41

0.23

0.38b

SMM(kg)

25.38 ± 3.65

25.92 ± 3.37

25.26 ± 3.21

0.25

0.35b

BMI (kg/m2)

31.02 ± 4.32

31.23 ± 4.15

31.25 ± 4.23

0.89

0.23b

PBF(%)

42.32 ± 5.18

41.97 ± 5.20

42.05 ± 6.10

0.86

0.84b

WHR

0.93 ± 0.05

0.94 ± 0.05

1.65 ± 8.11

0.37

0.53b

WC(cm)

99.30 ± 10.38

100.19 ± 9.88

98.80 ± 9.69

0.53

0.30b

Biochemical assessment

     

FBS(mg/dl)

88.18 ± 11.80

87.23 ± 8.33

86.67 ± 8.24

0.60

0.17

T-Chol (mg/dl)

184.92 ± 38.85

187.53 ± 35.18

183.00 ± 33.26

0.73

0.27

HDL(mg/dl)

48.00 ± 10.19

45.28 ± 11.03

47.48 ± 11.48

0.25

0.45

LDL(mg/dl)

93.44 ± 23.31

96.43 ± 26.61

95.88 ± 22.44

0.70

0.65

TG(mg/dl)

118.14 ± 60.51

114.90 ± 55.46

120.90 ± 61.06

0.81

0.01

ALT(U/L)

18.31 ± 13.14

21.22 ± 14.50

18.30 ± 11.32

0.27

0.38

AST(U/L)

17.24 ± 6.92

18.63 ± 8.44

17.94 ± 6.83

0.49

0.51

Hs.CRP(mg/L)

3.70 ± 4.11

4.17 ± 4.88

4.93 ± 4.77

0.24

0.07

HOMA-IR

3.25 ± 1.29

3.38 ± 1.27

3.33 ± 1.24

0.84

0.97

Insulin(IU/ml)

1.23 ± 0.25

1.17 ± 0.19

1.23 ± 0.23

0.15

0.47

Qualitative variables €

     

PA(METs h/week)

   

0.82

0.53c

Low

43(35.5)

42(34.7)

36(29.8)

Moderate

33(29.2)

39(34.5)

41(36.3)

High

4(33.3)

4(33.3)

4(33.3)

Marital status

   

0.21

0.12

Single

38(37.3)

37(36.3)

27(26.5)

Married

86(31.3)

90(32.7)

99(36.0)

Education

   

0.70

0.15

Illiterate

1(25.0)

1(25.0)

2(50.0)

Diploma

15(31.3)

20(41.7)

13(27.1)

Bachelor and higher

108(33.2)

106(32.6)

111(34.2)

Economic status

   

0.78

0.59

Poor

14(36.8)

15(39.5)

9(23.7)

Moderate

50(31.1)

53(32.9)

58(36.0)

Good

49(33.3)

46(31.3)

52(35.4)

Rich

6(31.6)

8(42.1)

5(26.3)

History of weight loss

   

0.94

0.86

Yes

62(32.6)

66(34.7)

62(32.6)

No

53(33.8)

52(33.1)

52(33.1)

Resistant to diet

   

0.43

0.59

Yes

30(32.6)

26(28.3)

36(39.1)

No

85(34.0)

87(34.8)

78(31.2)

  1. ¥: Data are presented as Mean ± SD. €: Data are presented as n (%). Abbreviations: PA: physical activity; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; RMR: resting metabolic rate; BFM: body fat mass; FFM: fat free mass; SMM: Skeletal muscle mass; BMI: body mass index; PBF: Percent body fat; WHR: Waist hip ratio; WC: Waist circumference; FBS: free blood sugar; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; hs-CRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein. HOMA-IR: Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance
  2. *P values resulted from ANOVA analysis. P value < 0.05 is significant
  3. **P values presented resulted from ANCOVA analysis and were adjusted for age, BMI, energy and physical activity
  4. a: age considered as collinear and this variable adjusted for BMI, energy and physical activity
  5. b: BMI considered as collinear and this variable adjusted for age, energy and physical activity
  6. c: PA considered as collinear and this variable adjusted for age, BMI and energy
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