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. 2018 Apr 20;10(4):511. doi: 10.3390/nu10040511

Table 2.

Cardiometabolic risk variables for women across combined groups of adherence to a MedDiet (low adherence vs. optimal adherence), and muscular fitness (low muscular fitness vs. high muscular fitness).

Characteristics High MF/Optimal MedDiet (n = 407) Low MF Optimal MedDiet (n = 210) High MF Low MedDiet (n = 73) Low MF Low MedDiet (n = 24) F p
Women
Waist circumference (cm) 69.3 (68.5–70.0) b 72.7 (71.8–73.7) a,c 68.8 (66.7–70.0) b 72.7 (69.9–75.5) 13.2 <0.001
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) 110.4 (109.4–111.4) 110.4 (108.9–111.8) 109.9 (107.6–12.3) 113.1 (109.0–117.1) 0.5 0.620
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) 71.3 (70.1–72.2) 72.7 (71.5–74.1) 70.0 (67.9–72.1) 73.8 (70.3–77.3) 2.4 0.064
HDL-C (mg/dL) 43.3 (42.1–44.4) d 41.1 (39.5–42.6) 44.5 (42.0–47.1) d 36.0 (32.0–40.1) a 5.3 0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 88.0 (83.9–92.1) 86.1 (80.5–90.7) 86.0 (63.0–94.7) 78.8 (63.0–94.7) 0.4 0.713
Glucose (mg/dL) 87.3 (86.3–88.3) 87.6 (86.2–89.0) 86.4 (84.1–88.2) 88.9 (85.1–92.8) 0.5 0.673
MetS score −4.2 (−4.4–−3.8) b,d −3.4 (−3.8–−1.9) −4.4 (−5.0–−3.9) b,d −2.9 (−3.8–−2.0) 6.1 <0.001
Men
Waist circumference (cm) 75.7 (74.7–76.7) b 82.3 (81.05–83.7) 75.9 (73.2–78.7) 82.07 (78.6–85) 23.4 <0.001
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) 118.8 (117.4–120.2) b 122.2 (120.2–124.1) a 117.6 (113.7–121.4) 118.7 (112.8–122.6) 3.3 0.019
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) 72.3 (71.2–73.4) b 76.4 (74.9–77.9) a,c 70.8 (67.7–73.9) b 74.0 (70.1–77.9) 7.0 <0.001
HDL-C (mg/dL) 39.7 (38.6–40.7) b,d 37.0 (35.5–38.5) a 39.7 (36.8–43.0) d 32.4 (28.5–36.1) 6.2 <0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 89.0 (83.8–94.2) b 106.5 (99.3–113.6) 87.6 (72.7–102.5) 91.5 (73.3–109.7) 5.3 0.001
Glucose (mg/dL) 88.0 (86.9–89.0) 89.1 (87.7–90.5) c 84.3 (81.4–87.2) 89.2 (85.6–92.8) 2.9 0.033
MetS score −4.3 (−4.5–−3.8) b,d −2.3 (−2.7–−1.9) a,c −4.6 (−5.4–−3.7) b,d −2.5 (−3.5–−1.5) 19.3 <0.001

Data are mean and confidence intervals adjusted for age, university, ethnicity and tobacco use; a Significantly different from high MF/optimal MedDiet; b Significantly different from low MF/optimal MedDiet; c Significantly different from high MF/low Diet; d Significantly different from low MF/low Diet; MF: muscular fitness; MedDiet: Mediterranean diet.