Table 4.
Body mass index and waist circumference trend across fast food quartiles.
| Variables | Quartiles of fast food intake | P 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
| [<51.8 g/week] n = 35 | [51.9–100.7 g/week] n = 34 | [100.8–214.9 g/week] n = 36 | [>215 g/week] n = 35 | ||
| Model 14 | |||||
| BMI2 | 18.3 ± 2.63 | 19.3 ± 2.6 | 19.6 ± 3.4 | 22.3 ± 3.2 | 0.001 |
| WC2 | 64.2 ± 7.2 | 68.7 ± 9.2 | 68.9 ± 8.3 | 74.2 ± 9.5 | 0.001 |
| Model 25 | |||||
| BMI | 18.7 ± 2.9 | 19.8 ± 2.8 | 19.8 ± 2.8 | 21.0 ± 3.3 | 0.058 |
| WC | 65.7 ± 8.8 | 69.6 ± 8.5 | 69.3 ± 8.4 | 71.4 ± 9.9 | 0.103 |
1 P values are computed by multivariate analysis of variance [MANOVA].
2BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference.
3Values were presented as mean ± SD.
4Model 1: crude model.
5Model 2: energy-adjusted model.