Table 2 General demographic characteristics of study participants by tertiles of DPI

Age (y)

39.65

9.21

40.76

8.74

41.53

9.55

0.30

-

Education [n (%) ≤ 12 y)]

29

25.7

21

18.2

30

25.8

0.72**

-

Marital status [n (%) Single]

13

11.5

14

12.3

18

15.9

0.99**

-

Gender [n (%) Male]

58

51.3

65

57

73

64.5

0.044**

-

Weight (kg)

91.49

14.11

91.13

14.13

93.70

15.22

0.35

-

Height (cm)

167.46

9.58

168.3684

10.11

168.05

9.99

0.78

-

BMI (kg/m²)

32.70

4.99

32.17

4.65

33.10

4.87

0.35

-

WC (cm)

105.93

9.44

106.56

9.69

107.65

9.83

0.40

-

FM (%)

35.48

7.83

32.58

10.09

33.19

9.39

0.17

-

FFM (%)

59.04

11.36

63.31

12.81

64.58

12.42

0.03

-

WHR

0.92

0.09

0.93

0.07

0.95

0.07

0.16

-

BMR (Kcal)

7474.01

1507.42

8032.14

1487.34

8089.51

1776.50

0.06

-

PA (met. min/week)

1339.94

2237.17

2769.06

3079.09

2468.53

3963.13

0.03

-

SBP (mmHg)

122.19

15.08

122.27

17.18

124.11

17.05

0.61

0.93

DBP (mmHg)

80.46

11.53

82.75

12.54

81.80

11.01

0.34

0.26

FBS (mg/dl)

93.54

15.73

91.27

14.86

93.46

25.70

0.61

0.76

TC (mg/dl)

193.31

37.92

195.69

40.15

186.37

30.98

0.14

0.24

TG (mg/dl)

147.92

94.24

168.66

113.24

136.20

62.55

0.03

0.92

HDL (mg/dl)

43.87

10.15

43.25

9.70

43.39

8.67

0.88

0.93

LDL (mg/dl)

126.65

33.51

124.66

34.75

119.63

26.78

0.24

0.15

Insulin (mIU/l)

16.37

10.23

17.21

17.93

14.54

11.06

0.44

0.50

HOMA-IR

3.88

2.63

3.92

4.06

3.41

2.85

0.53

0.57

QUICKI

0.33

0.03

0.33

0.04

0.33

0.03

0.39

0.41