Table 3.

Daily dietary intake of nutrients as per abdominal obesity in men and women.

Abdominal obesity
Men
Waist circumference (cm)	≥90	<90	p value
Number of subjects	115	87
Salt (g/day)	8.86 ± 4.88	7.57 ± 3.69	0.033
Protein (g/day)	54.33 ± 15.12	47.62 ± 15.98	0.003
Protein (g/kg/day)	0.72 ± 0.18	0.81 ± 0.28	0.014
Potassium (g/day)	1.62 ± 0.63	1.39 ± 0.49	0.005
Phosphorus (g/day)	0.98 ± 0.38	0.88 ± 0.40	0.091
Women
Waist circumference (cm)	≥80	<80	p value
Number of subjects	134	62
Salt (g/day)	6.95 ± 3.95	5.63 ± 3.42	0.019
Protein (g/day)	45.68 ± 11.50	39.60 ± 14.05	0.004
Protein (g/kg/day)	0.71 ± 0.18	0.80 ± 0.27	0.019
Potassium (g/day)	1.41 ± 0.56	1.21 ± 0.59	0.025
Phosphorus (mg/day)	0.83 ± 0.33	0.70 ± 0.43	0.040