Table 4.

Dietary Characteristics, Alcohol Use and Tobacco Exposure, and Physical Activity in Males

Characteristic	OBIR Mean N=393	OBIR 95% CI	MHO Mean N=120	MHO 95% CI	MHNW Mean N=594	MHNW 95% CI	P
Diet
Energy (Kcal/day)	2744	2608–2880	2822.9	2567.4–3078.5	2727.6	2635.6–2819.5	0.44
Protein (gm/day)	105.1	99.2–111.0	108.2	100.8–115.5	98.2	93.2–103.2	0.02
Total Carbohydrates (gm/day)	321.5	302.9–340.0	318.7	284.7–352.6	334.8	322.7–345.0	0.35
Total Fat (gm/day)	109.4	102.6–116.2	106.3	97.4–115.1	99.1	94.3–103.9	0.14
Saturated (gm/day)	36.1	33.5–38.7	33.9	30.4–37.4	32.2	30.7–33.7	0.36
Monounsaturated (gm/day)	41.8	38.8–44.7	40.2	36.7–43.6	37.3	35.5–39.2	0.12
Polyunsaturated (gm/day)	21.7	20.3–23.2	23.0	20.4–25.5	20.6	19.3–21.8	0.07
Cholesterol (mg/day)	411.7	373.8–449.7	358.6	319.8–397.5	344.1	319.7–368.5	0.48
Fiber (gm/day)	16.9	15.9–18.0	17.3	14.0–20.6	17.5	16.4–18.6	0.88
Tobacco Exposure
Cotinine level (ng/mL)	59	44.7–73.3	66.5	48.6–84.5	106.7	88.2–125.2	0.0013
Alcohol Consumption
Average number of drinks/day past 30 days	3.4	2.9–3.9	4.3	3.4–5.1	2.5	3.1–3.9	0.09
Physical Activity
Number of times physically active past 30 days	25.3	20.1–30.5	27.6	20.6–34.5	27.8	24.1–31.5	0.96
Average duration of physical activity (minutes per activity )	157.3	130.3–184.2	185.4	141.5–229.2	198.2	176.8–219.6	0.61
Effort (MET score per activity)	11.3	9.7–12.9	16.3	12.4–20.3	17.0	14.8–19.2	0.77

MET= Metabolic Equivalent Task; HOMA=Homeostatic Model Assessment; IRO= obese subjects with HOMA in upper tertile for the NHANES cohort; MHO= metabolically healthy obese (see text); MHNW= metabolically healthy normal weight subjects (see text); P=values for the univariate comparisons of MHO and MHNW groups