Table 1.
Clinical characteristics and lifestyles of the study population
| Global n = 314 | Men n = 155 (49,4%) | Women n = 159 (50,6%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or number | SD or % | Mean or number | SD or % | Mean or number | SD or % | p value | |
| Age (years) | 61.1 | 8.4 | 60.0 | 8.9 | 62.2 | 7.9 | 0.019 |
| Hypertension (n, %) | 238 | 75.8 | 122 | 78.7 | 116 | 73 | 0.239 |
| Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (n, %) | 76 | 24.2 | 44 | 28.4 | 32 | 20.1 | 0.113 |
| Dyslipidemia (n, %) | 272 | 86.6 | 132 | 85.2 | 140 | 88.1 | 0.509 |
| Obesity (n, %) | 83 | 26.4 | 39 | 25.2 | 44 | 27.7 | 0.701 |
| Body mass index (Kg/m2) | 28.1 | 4.3 | 28.2 | 3.6 | 28.0 | 4.9 | 0.721 |
| Diet | |||||||
| Adherence to the Mediterranean diet (n, %) | 167 | 53.2 | 75 | 48.4 | 92 | 57.9 | 0.113 |
| Mediterranean diet (total score) | 5.5 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.243 |
| Diet Quality Index (total score) | 31.3 | 2.7 | 31.3 | 2.8 | 31.4 | 2.6 | 0.728 |
| Physical activity | |||||||
| METS-min/week | 1773 | 1703 | 2211 | 2086 | 1346 | 1062 | <0.001 |
| Physical activity classification | |||||||
| Sedentary (n, %) | 78 | 24.8 | 31 | 20.0 | 47 | 29.6 | <0.001 |
| Moderately active (n, %) | 90 | 28.7 | 41 | 26.5 | 49 | 30.8 | |
| Active (n, %) | 71 | 22.6 | 30 | 19.4 | 41 | 25.8 | |
| Very active (n, %) | 75 | 23.9 | 53 | 34.2 | 22 | 13.8 | |
| Tobacco | |||||||
| Smokers (n, %) | 68 | 21.7 | 38 | 24.5 | 30 | 18.9 | 0.273 |
| Alcohol | |||||||
| Grames/week | 73.1 | 109.9 | 116.4 | 134.9 | 30.9 | 50.7 | <0.001 |
| Risk consumption (n, %) | 21 | 6.7 | 17 | 11.0 | 4 | 2.5 | <0.001 |
| Comorbidities | |||||||
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.376 |
MET basal metabolic rate