Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients included in the study.

Age	57.74 ± 13.68 Years
Sex	Female n = 64 (54.70%)		Male n = 53 (45.29%)
	T1, n.%	T2, n.%		T3, n.%
Metabolic syndrome	80 (68.37%), p = 0.0001	69 (59%), p = 0.06		74 (63.2%), p = 0.005
Central adiposity	90 (76.92%), p ˂ 0.0001	61 (52.1%), p = 0.71		64 (54.70%), p = 0.35
High blood pressure, mm Hg	82 (70.08%), p ˂ 0.001	48 (41.02%), p = 0.06		51 (43.58%), p = 0.19
High triglycerides level, mg/dL	72 (61.53%), p = 0.016	40 (34.18%), p = 0.0009		45 (38.5%), p = 0.01
Low HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL	76 (64.95%), p = 0.0017	58 (49.57%), p = 0.99		50 (42.73%), p = 0.13
High fasting glucose, mg/dL	39 (33.33%), p = 0.0004	29 (24.7%), p ˂ 0.001		30 (25.6%), p ˂ 0.001
Number of meals/day	1 to 6, p ˂ 0.0001	2 to 6, p = 0.005		3 to 6, p = 0.04
Alcohol consumption	44, (37.60%), p = 0.0122
Smoking	66, (54.45%), p = 0.19
Lipids intake	81, (69.23%), p ˂ 0.0001
Carbonated drink intake	58,(49.57%), p ˂ 0.001
Salt intake	85, (72.64%), p ˂ 0.0001
Meat intake	No intake 21, (17.94%)		p ˂ 0.001
	White meat 79, (67.52%)
	Red meat 49, (41.88%)
Fruits and vegetables intake	n = 74, (63.24%), p = 0.005
Physical activity	n = 45, (38.48%), p = 0.016