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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Association of major dietary patterns and different metabolic phenotypes: a population-based study of northwestern Iran

Variables

Total (n = 504)

Males (n = 208)

Females (n = 296)

p-value*

Age (mean ± SD)

42.40 ± 12.38

43.58 ± 13.57

41.64 ± 11.40

0.07

Education level, n (%)

   

0.001

 illiterate

74 (14.68)

15 (7.21)

59 (19.93)

  ≤ High school/ diploma

361 (71.62)

157 (75.48)

204 (68.91)

  ≥ college degree

69 (13.69)

36 (17.30)

33 (11.14)

Marital status, n (%)

   

0.001

 Single

45 (8.92)

30 (14.42)

15 (5.06)

 Married

459 (91.07)

178 (85.57)

281 (94.59)

Current smoker, n (%)

58 (11.50)

55 (26.44)

3 (1.01)

< 0.001

WC (cm)

93.08 ± 12.88

94.43 ± 13.28

92.12 ± 12.53

0.51

FBS (mg/dl)

89.71 ± 30.39

90.50 ± 28.33

89.15 ± 31.85

0.72

SBP (mmHg)

120.57 ± 12.68

121.54 ± 18.24

119.89 ± 31.85

0.59

DBP (mmHg)

78.12 ± 11.63

78.52 ± 12.23

77.84 ± 11.19

0.69

TG (mg/dl)

160.46 ± 103.41

182.30 ± 119.77

145.16 ± 87.85

< 0.001

HDL-C (mg/dl)

43.70 ± 9.69

39.68 ± 8.29

46.55 ± 9.61

0.004

Cardio metabolic phenotype n (%)

 MHL

135 (26.78)

69 (31.17)

66 (22.29)

0.79

 MUHL

17 (3.37)

7 (3.36)

10 (3.37)

0.46

 MHO

204 (40.47)

83 (39.90)

121 (40.87)

0.008

 MUHO

148 (29.36)

49 (23.55)

99 (33.44)

< 0.001

  1. MHL: Metabolically Healthy Lean; MUHL: Metabolically unhealthy lean; MHO: Metabolically healthy obese; MUHO: Metabolically unhealthy obese; WC: waist circumference; FBS: fasting blood sugar; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein-cholesterol
  2. *continuous variables were compared by independent t-test and categorical variables were compared using chi-square and fisher exact test