Table 1 General demographic characteristics of study participants by tertiles of dietary antioxidant quality score

Age (y)

39.89

9.36

41.68

7.70

40.47

9.60

0.52*

Gender (% Male)

66.10

47.77

60.90

49.16

53.5

49.93

0.06**

Weight

89.61

12.33

93.33

15.34

92.36

14.62

0.33*

Height

169.05

9.94

168.57

11.19

167.37

9.46

0.43*

BMI (kg/m²)

31.43

4.16

32.91

5.01

32.93

4.89

0.10*

WC (cm)

105.50

7.93

107.72

9.15

106.68

10.13

0.44*

FM (%)

32.10

7.48

34.94

10.62

33.90

9.02

0.42*

FFM (%)

61.17

11.52

61.54

12.20

62.79

12.69

0.74*

WHR

0.93

0.07

0.94

0.07

0.93

0.08

0.89*

SES

9.66

2.74

9.85

2.65

10.09

2.41

0.66*

DASS

21.62

11.25

19.95

11.20

19.83

11.80

0.73*

Appetite

31.75

8.34

33.00

9.51

34.28

8.89

0.33*

BMR (Kcal)

7756.53

1320.84

7825.87

1431.66

7893.80

1754.27

0.91*

PA (min/week)

1881.03

3286.66

2024.30

2768.26

2284.47

3357.98

0.78*

SBP (mmHg)

122.16

13.27

123.74

13.12

122.59

17.80

0.84***

DBP (mmHg)

83.77

10.01

82.01

8.87

80.98

12.90

0.27***

FBS (mg/dl)

89.29

9.97

95.09

30.38

92.96

16.46

0.25***

TC (mg/dl)

193.51

36.00

186.87

34.81

192.81

37.75

0.47***

TG (mg/dl)

137.89

70.31

154.20

105.04

152.79

94.61

0.54***

HDL (mg/dl)

44.53

8.82

42.51

9.92

43.63

9.57

0.49***

LDL (mg/dl)

124.72

29.92

117.99

31.42

124.97

32.74

0.28***

Insulin (mIU/l)

17.93

23.93

17.92

12.13

15.17

10.11

0.32***

HOMA-IR

3.97

5.29

4.27

3.16

3.56

2.57

0.38***

QUICKI

0.33

0.04

0.32

0.03

0.33

0.04

0.14***