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Table 2 Dietary intakes of DAQs components according to tertiles of dietary antioxidant quality score

From: Dietary Antioxidant Quality Score (DAQS), serum lipids, markers of glucose homeostasis, blood pressure and anthropometric features among apparently metabolically healthy obese adults in two metropolises of Iran (Tabriz and Tehran): a cross-sectional study

Variable

Tertiles of DAQS

1st

DAQS=1-3

(N=111)

2nd

DAQS=4

(N=113)

3rd

DAQS=5

(N=114)

P *

value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Vitamin A (μg/d)

362.48

129.61

608.20

315.77

1139.46

738.82

<0.001

Vitamin C (mg/d)

95.27

64.42

180.86

97.92

299.19

194.31

<0.001

Vitamin E (mg/d)

9.30

4.27

12.74

5.43

19.20

8.37

<0.001

Zinc (mg/d)

9.67

3.49

12.83

3.94

16.78

7.40

<0.001

Selenium (μg/d)

112.74

50.16

147.15

59.28

164.02

61.70

<0.001

  1. The comparison of dietary antioxidant quality score (DAQS) and its components by dietary DAQS tertiles. N, number of participants in each tertile of DAQS. All data are represented as mean (±SD) *P-values are derived from one way ANOVA test
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