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Table 3 Food groups intake of study participants by 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

P **

value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Fruits (g/d)

2.47

3.40

3.63

1.90

4.81

3.18

<0.001

0.72

Vegetables (g/d)

1.91

0.92

3.29

1.88

4.58

2.28

<0.001

0.01

MFP (g/d)

2.14

1.01

2.45

1.15

3.83

1.84

<0.001

0.07

Beans

0.44

0.32

0.59

0.31

0.88

0.84

0.003

0.65

Dairy (g/d)

1.22

0.78

1.97

1.11

2.35

1.39

<0.001

0.12

Grains (g/d)

11.32

6.12

13.62

6.47

15.28

7.11

0.01

0.001

Energy (kcal/d)

2029.73

673.15

2636.08

733.91

3405.77

1079.30

<0.001

<0.001

Fiber (g/d)

51.26

32.42

66.03

38.77

79.91

46.41

<0.001

0.02

CHO (%)

60.17

6.64

60.20

6.03

56.60

6.95

0.002

0.005

Protein (%)

12.99

2.14

13.04

1.83

13.01

1.99

1.00

0.08

Fat (%)

29.15

6.44

29.33

5.84

33.14

7.02

<0.001

0.01

Cholesterol (mg/d)

196.00

119.13

253.62

140.62

337.05

219.64

<0.001

0.02

SFA (g/d)

18.29

7.04

25.48

12.31

33.55

15.46

<0.001

<0.001

MUFA (g/d)

20.93

9.84

27.79

12.70

38.34

17.03

<0.001

0.04

PUFA (g/d)

14.68

8.33

17.81

8.49

26.25

14.16

<0.001

<0.001

  1. N Number of participants in each tertile of DAQS, MFP Meat, fish and poultry, CHO Carbohydrate, SFA Saturated fatty acids, MUFA Mono-unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acids
  2. All data are mean (±SD)
  3. P* values derived from unadjusted ANCOVA
  4. P** values derived from ANCOVA after, adjustment for confounders (age, gender, BMI, PA and energy intake)
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