Table 4. Anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, plasma glucose and serum lipids according to dietary oil category.
| Variable | Category of dietary oil |
Ptrend- value |
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| Polyunsaturated fatty acids (n = 450) |
Mixed polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids (n = 407) |
Monounsaturated fatty acids (n = 323) |
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| Data are presented as means ± SD or n (%). | ||||
| Dietary oil intake, g/d | 36.9 ± 25.5 | 35.4 ± 25.3 | 31.6 ± 27.0 | 0.01 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 24.3 ± 3.2 | 24.8 ± 3.3 | 24.1 ± 3.2 | 0.56 |
| General obesity | 61 (13.6%) | 59 (14.5%) | 35 (10.8%) | 0.33 |
| Waist circumference, cm | 83.8 ± 15.7 | 85.1 ± 14.8 | 85.2 ± 14.5 | 0.18 |
| Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.89 ± 0.06 | 0.89 ± 0.08 | 0.89 ± 0.07 | 0.71 |
| Central obesity | 77 (17.1%) | 61 (15.0%) | 57 (17.7%) | 0.92 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 136.5 ± 18.0 | 137.4 ± 17.4 | 136.9 ± 18.1 | 0.73 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 75.9 ± 10.2 | 79.2 ± 10.8 | 78.6 ± 11.0 | 0.0002 |
| Use of antihypertensive drugs | 216 (48.0%) | 194 (47.7%) | 144 (44.6%) | 0.37 |
| Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L | 6.08 ± 1.61 | 6.16 ± 1.72 | 6.16 ± 1.76 | 0.57 |
| Use of antidiabetic drugs | 54 (12.0%) | 43 (10.6%) | 32 (9.9%) | 0.35 |
| Serum triglycerides, mmol/L | 1.54 ± 0.79 | 1.66 ± 1.07 | 1.74 ± 1.20 | 0.02 |
| Serum total cholesterol, mmol/L | 4.92 ± 1.07 | 5.08 ± 1.13 | 5.16 ± 1.16 | 0.008 |
| Serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L | 1.47 ± 0.38 | 1.50 ± 0.51 | 1.49 ± 0.42 | 0.51 |
| Serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L | 2.85 ± 0.88 | 3.00 ± 0.88 | 3.00 ± 0.94 | 0.03 |
| Use of fibrates | 0 | 1 (0.3%) | 0 | 0.89 |
| Use of statins | 18 (4.0%) | 18 (4.4%) | 15 (4.6%) | 0.66 |