Table 3.

Correlation analysis of dietary total phytosterols versus anthropometric parameters, blood glucose and serum lipid profiles

	Total phytosterols intake, mg/d
	Unadjusted		Adjusteda
	r	P	r	P
Overall
BMI, kg/m2	−0.181	< 0.001	− 0.226	< 0.001
WC, cm	− 0.106	0.001	− 0.167	< 0.001
SBP, mm Hg	− 0.112	< 0.001	− 0.132	< 0.001
DBP, mm Hg	− 0.109	0.002	−0.134	< 0.001
FBG, mmol/l	−0.024	NS	−0.033	NS
2 h-PG, mmol/l	−0.019	NS	−0.023	NS
TG, mmol/l	−0.033	NS	−0.041	NS
TC, mmol/l	−0.144	< 0.001	−0.183	< 0.001
HDLc, mmol/l	−0.023	NS	−0.029	NS
LDLc, mmol/l	−0.138	< 0.001	−0.167	< 0.001
Men
BMI, kg/m2	−0.212	< 0.001	−0.243	< 0.001
WC, cm	−0.164	< 0.001	−0.206	< 0.001
SBP, mm Hg	−0.117	0.024	−0.136	0.011
DBP, mm Hg	−0.112	0.031	−0.140	0.023
FBG, mmol/l	−0.028	NS	−0.037	NS
2 h-PG, mmol/l	−0.023	NS	−0.029	NS
TG, mmol/l	−0.034	NS	−0.044	NS
TC, mmol/l	−0.147	0.003	−0.191	< 0.001
HDLc, mmol/l	−0.021	NS	−0.023	NS
LDLc, mmol/l	−0.133	0.006	−0.185	< 0.001
Women
BMI, kg/m2	−0.158	< 0.001	−0.210	< 0.001
WC, cm	−0.087	0.047	−0.122	0.006
SBP, mm Hg	−0.106	0.028	−0.129	0.011
DBP, mm Hg	−0.105	0.042	−0.119	0.033
FBG, mmol/l	−0.019	NS	−0.024	NS
2 h-PG, mmol/l	−0.014	NS	−0.018	NS
TG, mmol/l	−0.029	NS	−0.031	NS
TC, mmol/l	−0.137	0.011	−0.179	< 0.001
HDLc, mmol/l	−0.027	NS	−0.033	NS
LDLc, mmol/l	−0.121	0.021	−0.145	0.006

Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FBG fasting blood glucose, 2 h-PG 2 h-postprandial glucose, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, HDLc high destiny lipoprotein cholesterol, LDLc low destiny lipoprotein cholesterol, NS no significance

^a Adjusting for total energy intake