Table 4. Distribution of BMI and metabolic syndrome on the basis of food insecurity classification .
| HFIAS |
P
unadjusted |
P
***
adjusted |
Hunger |
P
unadjusted |
P
***
adjusted |
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| Food secure (n=140) | Food insecure (n=11) | Food secure 1 (n=100) | Mild insecure 2 (n=33) | Sever insecure 3 (n=18) | |||||
| Weight | 75.6±13.5 | 78.4±19.4 | 0.55* | 0.51 | 71.2±8.6 | 70.9±13.5 | 76.6±14.2 | 0.4* | 0.15 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.4±4.8 | 29.5±6.1 | 0.6* | 0.39 | 26.4±2.80 | 27.1±4.6 | 28.7±5.0 | 0.36* | 0.17 |
| WC (cm) | 91.32±11.1 | 95.6±13.6 | 0.23* | 0.15 | 87.8±9.6 | 88.4±11.0 | 92.1±11.4 | 0.45* | 0.23 |
| FBS (mg/dL) | 105.9±48.4 | 110.3±36.4 | 0.75* | 0.2 | 111.6±58.5 | 97.5±18.9 | 107.0±48.8 | 0.66* | 0.38 |
| Triglycrides (mg/dL) | 158.2±78.5 | 146.0±46.1 | 0.6* | 0.3 | 152.1±54.9 | 127.2±50.3 | 160. 79.3 | 0.51* | 0.63 |
| HDL (mg/dL) | 48.9±11.2 | 45.6±9.8 | 0.23* | 0.3 | 52.3±11.3 | 48.8±6.5 | 48.4±11.4 | 0.22* | 0.77 |
| Blood pressure | |||||||||
| Systolic (mm Hg) | 108.1±15.0 | 101.0±10.2 | 0.24* | 0.22 | 105.0±11.4 | 105.2±19.2 | 107.9±14.6 | 0.7* | 0.19 |
| Diastolic (mm Hg) | 69.2±8.9 | 66.1±6.9 | 0.24* | 0.51 | 69.7±10.5 | 66.1±7.2 | 69.2±8.7 | 0.5* | 0.36 |
| BMI classificatin | 0.80** | 0.33 | 0.30** | 0.11 | |||||
| Under weight (<18.5) | 1 (0.7) | - | 1 (1) | - | |||||
| Normal (18.5-24.9) | 28 (20.1) | 2 (18.8) | 17 (17) | 10 (30.3) | 3 (16.7) | ||||
| Over weight (25-29.9) | 68 (48.9) | 4 (36.3) | 55 (55) | 12 (36.4) | 6 (33.3) | ||||
| Obese (≥30) | 42 (30.2) | 5 (41.7) | 27 (27) | 11 (33.3) | 9 (50) | ||||
|
Metabolic syndrome |
42 (30) | 5 (45.5) | 0.51** | 0.14 | 28 (28) | 3 (25) | 43 (33.1) | 0.33 | 0.04 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WC, Waist circumference; FBS, Fasting blood sugar.
*P value: independent test; **P value: chi-square test; *** P adjusted for age, gender, Socioeconomic status; quantitative variables were adjusted for age, gender and SES by Univariate test; nominal and ordinal variables were adjusted for age,gender and SES by ordinal and binary regressions respectively. 1Food secure; energy intake 90-119% DRI; 2Mild insecure; energy intake 80-89% DRI; 3 Sever food insecure (hunger); energy intake <80% DRI.