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Table 3 The comparison of metabolic phenotypes by tertiles of dietary LI

From: Association between a novel dietary lipophilic index (LI) with metabolic phenotypes in a community-based study in Tabriz- Iran

Parameters (%)

Total (N = 504)

LI tertiles

P-value

1st tertile (N = 166)

2nd tertile (N = 167)

3rd tertile (N = 171)

Overweight

294 (68.7)

112 (63.9)

112 (64)

330 (65.5)

0.03

Diabetes

36 (7.2)

6 (1.2)

11 (2.2)

19 (3.8)

0.03

Heart attack

15 (3)

7 (1.4)

3 (0.6)

5 (1)

0.4

Low HDL

275 (79.7)

76 (22)

90 (26.1)

109 (31.6)

< 0.001

High LDL

17 (4.8)

2 (0.6)

11 (3.1)

4 (1.1)

0.02

High TG

151 (42.1)

40 (11.1)

56 (15.6)

55 (15.3)

0.2

High TC

102 (28.3)

38 (10.5)

29 (8)

35 (9.7)

0.19

High WC

91 (18.8)

24 (5)

34 (7)

33 (6.8)

0.35

High FBS

35 (9.7)

7 (1.9)

12 (3.3)

16 (4.4)

0.24

High blood pressure

59 (12.1)

15 (3.1)

20 (4.1)

24 (4.9)

0.46

  1. SD standard deviation; FBS fasting blood sugar; LDL low-density lipoprotein; HDL high-density lipoprotein; TG triglyceride; TC total cholesterol; The bold values represents the significant threshold. The chi-square test is used for obtaining the results