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Table 2 General characteristics of the study participants across quartiles of macronutrient quality index (MQI) and dietary diabetes risk reduction score (DDRS)

From: Exploring metabolic syndrome and dietary quality in Iranian adults: a cross-sectional study

Quartiles of MQI

Quartiles of DDRRS

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

P*

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

P*

Age (y)

44.6 ± 8.3

44.6 ± 8.4

45.4 ± 8.8

46.1 ± 9.2

< 0.001

43.6 ± 7.9

44.1 ± 8.1

45.5 ± 8.9

47.2 ± 9.3

< 0.001

Waist Circumference (cm)

97.1 ± 10.3

96.7 ± 9.7

96.7 ± 10.1

96.7 ± 9.9

0.675

96.2 ± 9.9

97.1 ± 10.1

96.4 ± 10.1

96.6 ± 9.8

0.066

Physical activity (Met.h/d)

38.7 ± 5.4

38.7 ± 5.9

38.4 ± 5.6

38.6 ± 5.6

0.266

39.2 ± 6.2

38.6 ± 5.5

38.4 ± 5.7

38.4 ± 5.2

< 0.001

BMI Group (kg/m2)

26.9 ± 4.1

26.8 ± 3.9

26.9 ± 4.1

27.1 ± 4.1

0.349

26.7 ± 4.2

26.9 ± 4.1

26.9 ± 4.1

27.2 ± 4.1

0.026

Sex (n, %)

Female

(591), 16.5%

(784), 22.0%

(1252), 35.1%

(944), 26.4%

< 0.001

(524), 14.7%

(740), 20.7%

(1186), 33.2%

(1121), 31.4%

< 0.001

Smoking (n, %)

Yes

(56), 19.5%

(72), 25.1%

(96), 33.4%

(63), 22%

0.510

(78), 27.2%

(84), 29.3%

(74), 25.8%

(51), 17.8%

< 0.001

Marital status: Single (n, %)

(92), 17.5%

(96), 18.2%

(173), 32.8%

(166), 31.5%

< 0.001

(84), 15.9%

(118), 22.4%

(177), 33.6%

(148), 28.1%

< 0.001

Marital status: Married (n,%)

(1017), 18.2%

(1290), 23.1%

(1993), 35.7%

(1277), 22.9%

(1142), 20.5%

(1304), 23.4%

(1740), 31.2%

(1391), 24.9%

Marital status: Widowed and Divorced (n,%)

(52), 14.4%

(62), 17.2%

(135), 37.4%

(112), 31%

(54), 15%

(67), 18.6%

(124), 34.3%

(116), 32.1%

SES

-0.03 ± 0.9

0.01 ± 0.9

0.00 ± 1.01

-0.01 ± 1.02

0.783

-0.24 ± 0.99

-0.07 ± 1.01

0.01 ± 0.97

0.19 ± 0.98

< 0.001

SBP

118.2 ± 13.7

118.8 ± 13.6

118.6 ± 13.8

119.6 ± 14.5

0.183

118.7 ± 13.9

118.2 ± 13.3

118.6 ± 13.6

119.6 ± 14.7

0.117

DBP

73.5 ± 9.4

73.4 ± 8.8

73.2 ± 9.1

73.2 ± 9.3

0.885

73.8 ± 9.1

73.4 ± 9.1

72.9 ± 8.9

73.2 ± 9.5

0.255

AST

22.2 ± 7.9

21.7 ± 8.2

21.9 ± 8.2

21.6 ± 7.6

0.354

22.8 ± 8.7

22.1 ± 8.3

21.5 ± 7.6

21.3437.7

< 0.001

ALT

25.5 ± 13.6

25.3 ± 13.9

25.1 ± 13.9

24.4 ± 12.7

0.186

27.1 ± 15.8

25.9 ± 14.1

24.5 ± 12.9

23.6 ± 11.8

< 0.001

ALP

172.6 ± 50.4

173.9 ± 50.5

176.7 ± 64.2

174.6 ± 54.2

0.255

177.8 ± 51.8

176.3 ± 53.9

174.3 ± 63.3

172.2 ± 52.8

0.081

FBG

96.8 ± 24.2

99.59 ± 28.2

97.76 ± 24.4

98.46 ± 26.1

0.272

100.9 ± 27.6

97.9 ± 24.9

97.9 ± 24.8

98.2 ± 25.5

0.016

BFM

24.8 ± 7.7

24.5 ± 7.3

24.5 ± 7.7

25.5 ± 7.7

0.010

24.3 ± 7.8

24.3 ± 7.8

25.1 ± 7.6

25.4 ± 7.3

< 0.001

FFM

48.3 ± 10.1

48.7 ± 10.2

48.1 ± 10.3

47.3 ± 10.1

0.024

50.4 ± 10.6

49.2 ± 10.3

47.7 ± 9.9

45.8 ± 9.5

< 0.001

HDL

55.6 ± 12.6

55.8 ± 13.2

56.2 ± 12.9

56.9 ± 13.3

0.038

53.4 ± 12.6

55.2 ± 12.9

56.4 ± 12.9

58.5 ± 13.2

< 0.001

LDL

99.6 ± 30.5

99.6 ± 31.6

99.9 ± 29.9

98.9 ± 31.8

0.821

97.7 ± 30.6

100.3 ± 29.9

99.2 ± 31.1

100.5 ± 31.7

0.127

T-Cholesterol

179.9 ± 36.4

180.4 ± 38.6

180.2 ± 35.4

179.8 ± 37.7

0.979

177.1 ± 37.2

180.6 ± 35.9

179.7 ± 36.9

182.3 ± 37.3

0.007

TG

125.5 ± 77.1

126.1 ± 71.9

122.5 ± 75.9

121.4 ± 76.4

0.324

134.3 ± 90.1

126.2 ± 76.6

120.8 ± 68.3

117.6 ± 70.8

< 0.001

  1. Data presented as mean ± SD or frequency (%)
  2. *One-way Anova and Chi-square were used to test the differences of continuous and categorical variables across quartiles of indices, respectively
  3. BMI: body mass index, SES: socio economic status, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, ALP: alkaline phosphatase, FBG: fast blood glucose, BFM: body fat mass, FFM: fat free mass, HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, T-Cholesterol: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride