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Table 1 General characteristics of participants by MIND tertiles

From: Evaluating the association between the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet, mental health, and cardio-metabolic risk factors among individuals with obesity

Variables

Tertiles of MIND, mean (SD)

   
 

1st tertile (n = 113)

2nd tertile (n = 113)

3rd tertile (n = 113)

Total

P-value

P-value*

Age (year)

38.85 (9.23)

41.01 (8.30)

41.71 (9.46)

40.57 (9.07)

0.049

-

BMI (kg/m2)

32.78 (4.80)

32.41 (4.59)

32.77 (5.14)

32.66 (4.85)

0.803

0.372

Sex [male n (%)]

61 (56.5)

68 (60.2)

66 (55.9)

195 (57.52)

0.919

-

Education [≥ 12 y; n (%)]

86 (76.7)

78 (69.6)

95 (83.6)

259 (76.40)

0.431

0.651

SES score

10.01 (2.41)

9.88 (2.77)

9.98 (2.36)

9.96 (2.51)

0.950

-

FM (%)

33.93 (9.74)

32.66 (7.91)

34.89 (9.55)

33.81 (9.13)

0.425

0..144

FFM (%)

61.75 (12.4)

62.37 (13.07)

62.78 (11.63)

62.26 (12.35)

0.894

0.534

WC (cm)

106.20 (9.80)

106.36 (9.11)

107.55 (10.05)

106.73 (9.66)

0.514

0.156

WHR

0.93 (0.08)

0.93 (0.07)

0.93 (0.07)

0.93 (0.08)

0.987

0.582

Household size

3.32 (0.93)

3.45 (0.98)

3.58 (1.01)

3.44 (0.97)

0.345

0.350

PA (MET.min/week)

1982.42 (2788.61)

1710.23 (2828.82)

2892.61 (3997.97)

2161.83 (3220.19)

0.120

-

Depression [n (%)]

    

0.506

0.489

 Normal

80 (71.2)

87 (76.7)

87 (76.4)

254 (74.93)

  

 Mild

22 (19.2)

15(13.3)

18 (16.4)

55 (16.22)

  

 Moderate

11 (9.6)

11(10.0)

8 (7.3)

30 (8.85)

  

Anxiety [n (%)]

    

0.582

0.516

 Normal

74 (65.8)

77 (68.3)

84 (74.5)

235 (69.32)

  

 Mild

18 (16.4)

17 (15.0)

12 (10.9)

47 (13.87)

  

 Moderate

21 (17.8)

15 (13.3)

15 (12.7)

51 (15.04)

  

 Severe

0

4 (3.3)

0

4 (1.18)

  

 Extremely severe

0

0

2 (1.8)

2 (0.59)

  

Stress [n (%)]

    

0.038

0.93

 Normal

95 (84.9)

101 (90)

107 (94.5)

303 (89.38)

  

 Mild

11 (9.6)

9 (8.3)

6 (5.5)

26 (7.67)

  

 Moderate

7 (5.5)

3 (1.7)

0

10 (2.95)

  
  1. Abbreviations; BMI body mass index, SES socioeconomic status, FM fat mass, FFM fat free mass, WC waist circumference, WHR waist to hip ratio, PA physical activity; All data are expressed as mean (± SD). P-values derived from one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc comparisons. *Anthropometric variables and mental health factors were adjusted for demographic characteristics including age, sex, socioeconomic status, and physical activity