Table 2.
General characteristics of study participants according to different categorizes of total Med-DQI and DPI scores
| Med-DQI score | P † value | DPI tertiles | P value‡ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <6 | > 6 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| Age (y) | 58.99 ± 8.93 | 58.27 ± 3.80 | 0.95 | 58.45 ± 9.92 | 59.52 ± 8.61 | 59.04 ± 8.38 | 0.59 |
| Male (%) | 233 (77.2) | 100 (65.8) | 0.004 | 125 (83.9) | 100 (67.6) | 108 (68.8) | 0.016 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | |||||||
| <24.9 | 82 (27.7) | 48 (32.2) | 0.28 | 52 (35.6) | 31 (21.2) | 37 (30.7) | 0.02 |
| 25–29.9 | 132 (44.6) | 65 (43.6) | 69 (47.3) | 71 (48.6) | 57 (37.3) | ||
| ≥ 30 | 82 (27.7) | 36 (24.2) | 25 (17.1) | 44 (30.1) | 49 (32.0) | ||
| Educational level (%) | |||||||
| Uneducated | 148 (50.5) | 93 (62.4) | 0.02 | 77 (52.7) | 88 (60.7) | 76 (50.3) | 0.34 |
| < Diploma | 96 (32.8) | 39 (26.2) | 51 (34.9) | 36 (24.8) | 48 (31.8) | ||
| Diploma and higher | 49 (16.7) | 17 (11.4) | 18 (12.3) | 21 (14.5) | 27 (17.9) | ||
| Diabetes (%) | 119 (39.4) | 73 (48.0) | 0.04 | 60 (40.3) | 62 (41.9) | 70 (44.6) | 0.44 |
| Hyperlipidemia (%) | 219 (72.5) | 104 (68.4) | 0.21 | 104 (69.8) | 109 (73.6) | 110 (70.1) | 0.69 |
| Hypertension (%) | 145 (48.2) | 72 (47.4) | 0.47 | 65 (43.6) | 75 (50.7) | 77 (49.4) | 0.32 |
† P values from independent sample T-test, ‡ P values from ANOVA analysis. The comparison of discrete variables is performed by χ2 test. The significant P values are presented as italic