Table 1.
Demographics and other characteristics of the study sample of Cretan adults.
| Men (N = 250) | Women (N = 236) | ||
| Mean (SD) or % | p value1 | ||
| Age (years) | 39 (14) | 39 (13) | -2 |
| District of residence (% urban) | 86.4 | 85.6 | - |
| Tobacco use (% current use) | 37.7 | 31.0 | - |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.8 (3.5) | 26.1 (5.8) | <0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 129.4 (16.7) | 124.2 (20.3) | <0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 84.3 (10.0) | 79.2 (10.9) | <0.001 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 224.0 (50.3) | 221.7 (54.0) | - |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 128.2 (83.3) | 99.9 (56.9) | <0.001 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 45.3 (9.8) | 56.5 (12.2) | <0.001 |
| Energy intake (kcal/day) 3 | 2133 (793) | 1605 (629) | <0.001 |
| Total fat (% energy)3 | 39.7 (9.8) | 40.2 (11.1) | - |
| SFA (% energy) 3 | 11.5 (5.0) | 11.1 (4.9) | - |
| Dietary cholesterol (mg/day)3 | 213.7 (157.4) | 153.6 (130.9) | <0.001 |
| Dietary fibre (g/day)3 | 22.1 (11.3) | 18.7 (11.0) | 0.001 |
1 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) or chi-squared test.
2 Not statistically significant.
3 N = 197 for men and N = 186 for women