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Table 1 General characteristics of study participants

From: Association of healthy eating index and self-rated health in adults living in Tehran: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

All (n = 795)

Men (n = 253)

Women (n = 542)

P value

Age (year)

44.81 ± 10.62

45.43 ± 9.68

44.51 ± 11.02

0.237

Height (cm)

162.89 ± 8.88

170.71 ± 6.97

159.23 ± 7.14

< 0.001

Weight (Kg)

73.70 ± 13.48

80.95 ± 13.88

70.32 ± 11.87

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

27.79 ± 4.67

27.73 ± 4.04

27.83 ± 4.94

0.761

WC (cm)

92.14 ± 12.22

95.57 ± 11.44

90.55 ± 12.25

< 0.001

WHR

0.88 ± 0.08

0.93 ± 0.07

0.86 ± 0.08

< 0.001

WHtR

0.57 ± 0.08

0.56 ± 0.07

0.57 ± 0.09

0.087

SBP (mmHg)

119.72 ± 22.66

121.27 ± 23.04

119 ± 22.47

0.188

DBP (mmHg)

78.30 ± 14.07

78.90 ± 14.43

78.02 ± 13.91

0.417

Self-rated health

   

0.052

Excellent/very good

318 (40)

96 (37.95)

222 (40.96)

 

Good

239 (30.06)

67 (26.48)

172 (31.73)

 

Fair/poor

238 (29.94)

90 (35.57)

148 (27.31)

 

Education

   

0.044

Illiterate

67 (8.43)

15 (5.93)

52 (9.60)

 

Under diploma

211 (26.54)

77 (30.43)

134 (24.72)

 

Diploma

242 (30.44)

66 (26.09)

176 (32.47)

 

University

275 (34.59)

95 (37.55)

180 (33.21)

 

Occupation

   

< 0.001

Employed

206 (25.91)

102 (40.32)

104 (19.19)

 

Unemployed

589 (74.09)

151 (59.68)

438 (80.81)

 

Marriage

   

< 0.001

Single

147 (18.49)

24 (9.49)

123 (22.69)

 

Married

648 (81.51)

229 (90.51)

419 (77.31)

 

Smoking

   

< 0.001

Not smoking

720 (90.57)

204 (80.63)

516 (95.20)

 

Quit smoking

32 (4.02)

16 (6.33)

16 (2.95)

 

Smoking

43 (5.41)

33 (13.04)

10 (1.85)

 

Physical activity (MET/min/wk)

  

0.394

Low

504 (63.40)

155 (61.26)

349 (64.39)

 

Moderate

291 (36.60)

98 (38.74)

193 (35.61)

 

High

0

0

0

 

Diabetes

68 (8.56)

26 (10.32)

42 (7.75)

0.229

CVD

46 (5.79)

7 (2.77)

39 (7.20)

0.013

Hypertension

127 (15.97)

39 (15.42)

88 (16.24)

0.768

Dyslipidemia

111 (13.96)

36 (14.23)

75 (13.84)

0.882

Cancer

3 (0.38)

1 (0.40)

2 (0.37)

0.342

  1. Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation for quantitative data, and number (percent) for qualitative data
  2. Results are from independent t-test for quantitative data, and chi-square test of association for qualitative data
  3. BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist to hip ratio; WHtR, waist to height ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MET/min/wk, metabolic equivalent-minutes per week; CVD, cardiovascular disease
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