Table 2.

Participants’ total energy and macronutrient intakes according to global and abdominal obesity, Observation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Luxembourg (ORISCAV-LUX) study (n 1152)

	Global obesity								Abdominal obesity
	Normal weight (n 546)		Overweight (n 375)		Obese (n 231)				No (n 822)		Yes (n 330)
	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd		P value	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	P value
Age (years)	39·9	12·9	46·3	12·3	50·3	11·3		<0·001	41·5	12·8	50·6	11·3	<0·001
Physical activity (min/week)	760	941	764	930	740	928		0·95	783	966	694	847	0·15
Weight (kg)	64·7	9·6	79·1	9·2	96·7	14·0		<0·001	70·2	12·2	89·6	16·5	<0·001
Total energy (MJ/d)	10·33	0·38	9·92	0·38	10·38	0·42		0·22	10·28	0·38	10·00	0·41	0·28*
Total energy (kcal/d)	2468	907	2370	920	2480	1009		0·22	2458	913	2391	980	0·28*
Total protein (g/d)	93·0	36·2	92·9	36·3	100·5	38·8		0·021	93·9	35·9	95·9	39·0	0·40
Total protein (%E)	15·3	3·0	15·9	3·0	16·8	3·2		<0·001	15·5	3·0	16·4	3·3	<0·001
Total carbohydrate (g/d)	266·5	108·8	250·4	103·9	255·8	111·3		0·07	264·1	107·7	246·6	107·5	0·013
Total carbohydrate (%E)	43·2	7·4	42·6	7·5	41·4	6·7		0·008	43·2	7·4	41·2	6·9	<0·001
Total fat (g/d)	107·7	46·5	99·3	41·8	105·1	48·6		0·024	104·8	44·8	103·6	47·5	0·70
Total fat (%E)	39·1	7·0	37·7	7·0	38·1	7·0		0·012	38·2	6·8	39·0	7·4	0·07
Saturated fat (g/d)	37·7	17·2	35·3	17·6	37·2	18·8		0·14	36·9	17·5	36·5	18·1	0·68
Saturated fat (%E)	13·6	2·7	13·2	3·0	13·3	2·9		0·06	13·3	2·8	13·6	3·0	0·21
Alcohol (g/d)	7·5	10·0	10·6	12·8	9·4	12·6		<0·001	9·1	11·5	8·3	11·6	0·31
Total fibre (g/d)	25·3	10·3	24·0	10·4	25·2	10·6		0·18	24·9	10·3	24·9	10·7	0·99

%E, percentage of total daily energy intake.

^*Total energy intake was positively correlated with waist circumference (as a continuous variable).