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Table 1 Socio-demographic and anthropometric characteristics and cardio-metabolic risk factors according to the tertiles of dietary glycemic index in men

From: Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load mediate the effect of CARTPT rs2239670 gene polymorphism on metabolic syndrome and metabolic risk factors among adults with obesity

 

Glycemic index

Glycemic load

T1

T2

T3

P*

 

T1

T2

T3

P*

Age (y)

39.25 (5.76)

39.03 (7.48)

36.91 (6.37)

0.387

39.96 (6.31)

36.86 (6.80)

38.65 (6.42)

0.234

WC

108.75 (9.29)

114.72 (5.81)

112.54 (6.94)

0.475

112.39 (5.29)

114.16 (8.92)

112.69 (7.05)

0.588

BMI (kg/m2)

33.57 (4.06)

34.08 (2.53)

33.73 (2.86)

0.708

33.19 (2.59)

34.11 (3.67)

33.87 (2.96)

0.559

Physical activity level, (%)

   

0.207

   

0.461

 Low

41.2

29.4

29.4

 

20.6

47.1

32.4

 

 Moderate

28.1

25.0

46.9

 

28.1

34.4

37.5

 

 High

20.0

46.7

33.3

 

23.3

26.7

50.0

 

Marital status, (%)

   

0.479

   

0.554

 Married

20.0

20.0

40.0

 

13.3

46.7

40.0

 

 Single

32.1

32.1

35.8

 

25.9

34.6

39.5

 

SES, n (%)

   

0.450

   

0.468

 Low

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

 Middle

16.7

50.0

33.3

 

26.7

23.3

50.0

 

 High

35.3

26.2

38.5

 

23.1

43.1

33.8

 

Stress, n (%)

   

0.846

   

0.171

 Normal

30.4

37.0

32.6

 

19.6

45.7

34.8

 

 Mild

29.4

35.3

35.3

 

47.1

23.5

29.4

 

 Moderate

29.4

23.5

47.1

 

35.3

17.6

47.1

 

 Severe

20.0

40.0

40.0

 

0.0

30.0

70.0

 

 Extremely severe

50.0

16.7

33.3

 

0.0

66.7

33.3

 

Appetite

35.14 (9.29)

34.83 (9.94)

34.80 (9.73)

0.883

31.04 (9.67)

35.89 (9.72)

36.53 (8.84)

0.110

LDL-C, (mg/dl)

112.60 (25.50)*

118.12 (24.27)

129.12 (29.34)*

0.024

119.20 (27.43)

125.14 (28.04)

116.94 (26.57)

0.221

HDL, (mg/dl)

42.43 (7.50)

42.90 (8.69)

42.57 (7.62)

0.986

41.52 (7.75)

43.89 (8.93)

42.09 (6.71)

0.474

Cholesterol, (mg/dl)

185.21 (33.07)

184.28 (26.74)

197.86 (31.71)

0.084

184.00 (31.07)

197.69 (31.65)

185.41 (29.44)

0.095

TG, (mg/dl)

125.50 (96.50, 177.50)

116.00 (87.50, 134.50)

111.00 (78.00, 169.00)

0.214

90.00 (80.00, 134.00)

121.00 (92.00, 159.00)

123.00 (87.50, 169.00)

0.204

AIP

0.14 (0.23)

0.05 (0.23)

0.08 (0.27)

0.229

0.04 (0.26)

0.11 (0.25)

0.10 (0.23)

0.511

Glucose, (mg/dl)

92.00 (85.00, 99.25)

91.00 (86.50, 100.00)

91.00 (85.00, 101.00)

0.985

91.00 (85.00, 100.00)

92.00 (89.00, 101.00)

91.50 (84.00, 101.00)

0.844

Insulin, U/mL

15.30 (9.15, 26.60)

10.60 (8.05, 18.20)

11.50 (9.00, 17.20)

0.170

12.20 (10.00, 23.10)

13.20 (8.60, 23.60)

10.80 (8.75, 18.32)

0.473

HOMA-IR

3.58 (2.03, 5.97)

2.68 (1.75, 4.25)

2.70 (1.94, 4.00)

0.267

3.22 (2.10, 5.25)

3.20 (1.95, 4.88)

2.46 (1.86, 3.94)

0.452

QUICKI

0.32 (0.03)

0.33 (0.03)

0.33 (0.03)

0.371

0.32 (0.03)

0.32 (0.03)

0.33 (0.03)

0.493

SBP (mmHg)

112.21 (22.87)

117.93 (13.79)

118.71 (14.11)

0.286

117.17 (12.78)

120.29 (12.66)

112.12 (22.53)

0.217

DBP (mmHg)

71.75 (16.08)

78.10 (9.77)

77.14 (11.90)

0.108

77.61 (13.56)

76.71 (10.64)

73.65 (14.56)

0.486

Mets (%)

32.4

29.7

37.8

0.936

24.3

35.1

40.5

0.953

CART (%)

   

0.432

   

0.432

 AA

3.6

10.0

3.4

 

0.0

6.1

9.1

 

 AG

25.0

23.3

13.3

 

13.6

21.2

24.2

 

 GG

71.4

66.7

83.3

 

86.4

72.7

66.7

 
  1. Data are presented as mean (SD) or median (25 and 75 percentiles)
  2. *Analysis of variance for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables
  3. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, SES Socio-economic status, HOMA-IR Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, LDL-C Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL High-density lipoprotein, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, TG Triglyceride, QUICKI Quantitative insulin sensitivity check index, AIP Athrogenic indx of plasma