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. 2023 Dec;52(12):2611–2620. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v52i12.14322

Table 2:

Cardiovascular risk scores and classification according to dietary characteristics of the participants

MEDFICTS Meditarrenean diet

Compatible with the therapeutic lifestyle diet n (%) Having healthy dietary habits for heart health n (%) Need to make some dietary changes n (%) P-value Poor n (%) Moderate n (%) Good n (%) P-value
ASCVD classification
Low 294 (73.7) 549 (73) 197 (68.2) 311 (72.3) 614 (71.8) 115 (74.2) 0.19
Borderline 40 (10) 65 (8.6) 32 (11.1) 0.58 42 (9.8) 74 (8.7) 21 (13.5)
Intermediate 49 (12.3) 103 (13.7) 42 (14.5) 60 (14) 119 (13.9) 15 (9.7)
High 16 (4) 35 (4.7) 18 (6.2) 17 (4) 48 (5.6) 4 (2.6)
10-year 4.7±7.93 4.7±6.64 5.4±7.91 0.34 4.7±6.97 5.14±7.76 3.8±4.85 0.12
ASCVD
risk score a
Lifetime 39.1±14.51 39.3±13.73 41.6±14.45 0.04 40.8±13.84 39.3±14.13 38.9±14.81 0.20
ASCVD risk score a
  Optimal 2.1±1.34 1.9±1.63 1.8±1.51 0.48 2.1±1.93 1.6±1.79 1.8±1.23 0.03
  ASCVD risk score a
SCORE risk score a 2.7±2.02 2.6±1.91 3.4±2.81 <0.001 2.8±1.92 2.9±2.41 2.1±1.01 0.01
SCORE classification
Low 20 (5) 54 (7.2) 25 (8.6) 19 (4.4) 60 (7) 20 (12.8)
Moderate 313 (78.1) 580 (76.8) 200 (69) 0.04 334 (77.5) 637 (74.2) 122 (78.2) 0.002
High 52 (13) 95 (12.6) 45 (15.5) 61 (14.2) 120 (14) 11 (7.1)
Very high 16 (4) 26 (3.4) 20 (6.9) 17 (3.9) 42 (4.9) 3 (1.9)

One-Way ANOVA, PostHoc- Tukey, Chi square, P<0,05

a Mean ± SD