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. 2023 Jul 22;22:35. doi: 10.1186/s12937-023-00865-6

Table 3.

Characteristics of the participants according to the quartiles of DII

Variables Q1
< -2.02
Q2
-2.02, -1.02
Q3
-1.03, 0.25
Q4
≥ 0.26
P Trend*
Age (years) 42.12 ± 8.41 43.21 ± 8.30 44.09 ± 8.09 46.10 ± 7.85 < 0.001
Weight (kg) 67.66 ± 13.62 69.37 ± 9.44 74.65 ± 11.01 77.16 ± 13.78 < 0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 28.22 ± 5.24 28.63 ± 4.86 29.87 ± 4.55 29.92 ± 4.77 < 0.001
WC (cm) 97.10 ± 12.14 98.84 ± 10.82 99.10 ± 10.41 101.58 ± 11.40 0.005
TC (mg/dl) 182.74 ± 23.71 183.12 ± 32.13 187.35 ± 37.63 192.66 ± 28.17 < 0.001
LDL-C (mg/dl) 97.32 ± 29.59 101.79 ± 26.34 103.54 ± 26.23 105.17 ± 25.46 < 0.001
HDL-C (mg/dl) 51.44 ± 11.2 50.31 ± 10.74 46.6 ± 11.44 44.24 ± 11.42 < 0.001
TG (mg/dl) 128.25 ± 70.43 129.09 ± 68.04 130.11 ± 27.14 130.45 ± 86.52 0.166
FBS (mg/dl) 95.03 ± 25.31 95.19 ± 29.44 96.23 ± 30.02 96.42 ± 29.53 0.852

Smoking%

(CI 95%)

No 91.64 (88.29 to 94.10) 94.28 (91.89 to 96) 95.22 (93.69 to 96.39) 96.03 (95.19 to 96.72) 0.001**
Current 4.46 (2.75 to 7.16) 1.97 (1.06 to 3.63) 1.63 (1.01 to 2.64) 1.31 (0.93 to 1.84)
Former 3.90 (2.32 to 6.48) 3.75 (2.40 to 5.80) 3.15 (2.23 to 4.45) 2.66 (2.10 to 3.37)
Total calorie intake (Kcal/d) 1877.52 ± 131.39 1934.95 ± 186.34 2079.93 ± 144.49 2135.58 ± 175.58 < 0.001
Carbohydrate (Kcal/d) 1287.16 ± 96.43 1286.82 ± 104.16 1289.33 ± 61.42 1294.74 ± 61.40 0.8974
Fat (Kcal/d) 439.64 ± 44.13 443.18 ± 22.52 448.68 ± 27.62 449.06 ± 32.77 0.0725
Protein (Kcal/d) 150.52 ± 14.06 204.88 ± 19.10 341.32 ± 13.49 391.78 ± 22.09 < 0.001
Fiber (g/d) 32.87 ± 2.61 24.86 ± 4.05 18.97 ± 3.27 10.07 ± 1.13 < 0.001

Note: Values are presented as the mean ± SD for variables with normal distribution or median (interquartile) for variables without normal distribution. Q: quartile, BMI: body Mass Index, WC: waist circumference, LDL-C: low density lipoprotein, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein, TC: total cholesterol, TG: triglycerides, FBS: fasting blood sugar, E: energy percent. * P-value was obtained by the One-way ANOVA test between quartiles (the fourth quartile compared to the first quartile) and P < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. ** P-value was obtained by chi-square test.