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Table 2 General demographic characteristics of study participants by tertiles of amino acid patterns

From: Dietary amino acid patterns and cardiometabolic risk factors among subjects with obesity; a cross-sectional study

Variable

Pattern 1

Pattern 2

Pattern 3

T1

n = 113

T2

n = 112

T3

n = 110

P Value

T1

n = 112

T2

n = 110

T3

n = 113

P Value

T1

n = 109

T2

n = 114

T3

n = 112

P Value

Age (y)

Median (IQR)

40.00 (11.00)

36.00 (10.75)

39.00 (12.75)

0.152

40.00 (11.00)

37.00 (11.00)

38.00 (13.00)

0.783

39.00 (10.75)

38.00 (11.00)

37.50 (12.75)

0.692

Sex (Male)

n (%)

57 (50.4%)

69 (61.6%)

68 (60.2%)

0.140

56 (80.0%)

66 (58.4%)

72 (63.7%)

0.038

56 (50.0%)

70 (61.4%)

68 (60.7%)

0.105

Education (diploma ≤) n (%)

54 (93.1%)

59 (95.2%)

61 (89.5%)

0.880

56 (91.8%)

61 (92.3%)

57 (93.4%)

0.421

69 (94.5%)

48 (87.3%)

56 (94.9%)

0.169

Marital status (Single) n (%)

14 (12.4%)

17 (15.2%)

17 (15.0%)

0.384

16 (14.0%)

13 (11.5%)

19 (14.2%)

0.743

14 (12.5%)

13 (11.4%)

18 (16.1%)

0.382

Family size (> 4) n (%)

9 (15.5%)

7 (11.3%)

11 (16.2%)

0.545

9 (14.8%)

8 (12.2%)

10 (16.1%)

0.967

11 (15.1%)

7 (12.4%)

9 (15.1%)

0.981

BMI (kg/m2) Median (IQR)

33.34 (5.75)

34.12 (5.03)

34.58 (5.18)

0.055

33.19 (5.59)

34.19 (5.36)

34.37 (4.67)

0.315

33.75 (5.36)

35.04 (5.81)

33.57 (3.68)

0.626

WC (cm)

Mean (SD)

104.83 (8.77)

106.59 (10.40)

108.68 (9.46)

0.011

104.84 (8.66)

107.19 (9.95)

108.06 (10.10)

0.035

106.05 (9.83)

106.60 (9.78)

107.46 (9.40)

0.545

WHR

Mean (SD)

0.92 (0.08)

0.92 (0.07)

0.94 (0.06)

0.043

0.92 (0.07)

0.93 (0.08)

0.94 (0.06)

0.190

0.92 (0.08)

0.93 (0.07)

0.93 (0.07)

0.383

FM (%)

Median (IQR)

34.90 (10.45)

32.40 (12.43)

32.85 (14.05)

0.942

33.80 (10.70)

32.30 (12.80)

32.90 (14.30)

0.966

34.00 (11.28)

35.20 (16.00)

30.40 (12.90)

0.469

FFM (%)

Median (IQR)

55.00 (22.10)

64.05 (22.75)

65.30 (24.52)

0.065

52.90 (20.80)

63.10 (21.90)

66.50 (23.90)

0.007

58.15 (22.80)

65.20 (21.60)

64.40 (24.63)

0.313

SES Score

Mean (SD)

9.51 (2.69)

10.24 (2.46)

10.08 (2.37)

0.252

9.47 (2.74)

10.15 (2.44)

10.24 (2.29)

0.179

9.50 (2.68)

10.16 (2.65)

10.33 (2.05)

0.130

Energy (Kcal)

Median (IQR)

2078.28 (597.18)

2960.31 (877.05)

3477.74 (1003.59)

< 0.001

2121.42 (786.98)

2945.59 (870.75)

3485.90 (1319.24)

< 0.001

2293.44 (643.34)

3084.18 (862.00)

3516.12 (1229.23)

< 0.001

Appetite

Median (IQR)

31.07 (10.50)

35.00 (8.75)

33.55 (12.75)

0.022

32.00 (10.00)

34.00 (13.00)

35.00 (12.00)

0.032

31.82 (9.22)

33.00 (10.00)

36.00 (13.75)

0.027

LDL (mg/dl)

Median (IQR)

120.60 (36.00)

122.20 (34.95)

111.40 (47.35)

0.112

120.60 (31.60)

122.00 (45.20)

110.00 (41.40)

0.154

121.00 (32.15)

120.20 (49.30)

111.40 (40.75)

0.411

HDL (mg/dl)

Median (IQR)

45.00 (14.00)

43.50 (10.50)

45.00 (13.00)

0.445

45.00 (16.00)

42.00 (10.00)

45.00 (13.00)

0.243

45.00 (13.00)

42.00 (16.00)

45.00 (13.55)

0.515

TG (mg/dl)

Median (IQR)

105.00 (50.00)

103.50 (62.25)

118.50 (82.25)

0.503

98.00 (48.0)

120.00 (64.00)

111.00 (77.00)

0.453

100.00 (45.75)

111.00 (80.50)

118.00 (72.00)

0.011

TC (mg/dl)

Mean (SD)

196.80 (39.81)

190.66 (36.30)

187.83 (33.66)

0.292

195.35 (38.42)

193.22 (39.15)

186.78 (32.12)

0.241

192.97 (36.81)

192.36 (39.82)

189.96 (33.62)

0.977

FBS (mg/dl)

Median (IQR)

90.00 (14.00)

91.00 (11.75)

92.00 (20.25)

0.380

90.00 (13.00)

91.00 (15.00)

92.00 (15.00)

0.936

88.00 (13.00)

93.00 (16.00)

90.50 (13.25)

0.682

Insulin (mIU/l)

Median (IQR)

12.60 (11.00)

13.10 (15.33)

13.90 (16.50)

0.714

13.00 (10.00)

13.80 (16.40)

13.20 (15.20)

0.695

12.40 (11.80)

13.40 (13.75)

13.25 (17.75)

0.665

SBP (mmHg)

Median (IQR)

110.00 (19.00)

110.00 (15.00)

117.50 (23.75)

0.872

110.00 (23.00)

110.00 (15.00)

115.00 (18.00)

0.954

121.40 (15.63)

110.00 (20.00)

111.00 (10.00)

0.161

DBP (mmHg)

Median (IQR)

80.00 (11.50)

70.00 (10.00)

75.00 (16.00)

0.270

75.00 (10.00)

75.00 (15.00)

70.00 (10.00)

0.831

81.66 (10.96)

75.00 (15.00)

70.00 (10.00)

0.773

  1. Continuous values are shown as median (interquartile range) or mean (standard deviation). Categorical values are shown as number (%); Kruskal-Wallis test was used for estimate p-value of non-parametric variables. One-way ANOVA test was used for estimate p-value of parametric variables
  2. BMI Body mass index, WC Waist Circumference, WHR Waist-to-hip ratio, FM Fat Mass, FFM Fat Free Mass, SES Socio-economic status, BMR Basal Metabolic Rate, LDL-C Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, HDL-C High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, TC Total Cholesterol, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure
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