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. 2020 Feb 20;25:19. doi: 10.4103/jrms.JRMS_812_18

Table 3.

Anthropometric characteristics, clinical outcomes, and biochemical parameters across three major dietary pattern tertiles

Healthy dietary pattern Western dietary pattern Traditional dietary pattern



T1 T2 T3 P P¥ T1 T2 T3 P P¥ T1 T2 T3 P P¥
Age (years) 68.4 (5.1) 66.5 (6.1) 66.1 (5.7) 0.03 67.1 (5.6) 67.3 (5.6) 66.6 (5.5) 0.72 67.4 (6.0) 67.7 (6.2) 66.0 (4.7) 0.15
Height (cm) 156.5 (8.1) 156.8 (7.2) 155.3 (8.6) 0.45 155.2 (8.0) 155.6 (7.7) 157.9 (8.1) 0.07** 153.9 (6.6) 156.6 (8.1) 158.1 (8.6) 0.004*
Weight (kg) 71.6 (10) 72.9 (14.1) 73.2 (11.6) 0.70 69.8 (10.3) 72.5 (12.6) 75.4 (12.5) 0.018 71.8 (11.5) 71.7 (11.8) 74.2 (126) 0.37
BMI (kg/m2) 29.4 (4.0) 30.8 (5.4) 28.9 (3.7) 0.03 29.4 (4.5) 30.5 (4.8) 29.1 (4.1) 0.19 29.5 (4.2) 29.8 (4.6) 29. (4.7) 0.90
WC (cm) 99.2 (9.2) 99.6 (12.8) 98.7 (8.6) 0.87 98.1 (10.1) 99.5 (10.4) 99.9 (10.6) 0.51 99.1 (10.5) 98.1 (10.8) 100.3 (9.8) 0.45
SBP (mmHg) 140.3 (22.3) 145.4 (22.9) 140.4 (20.5) 0.27 143.3 (23.4) 144.4 (21.3) 138.4 (21) 0.20 141.1 (20.9) 143.9 (23.4) 141.1 (21.7) 0.67
DBP (mmHg) 82.6 (15.9) 87.8 (16.2) 83.5 (10.9) 0.07** 85.5 (16.7) 85.7 (15.2) 82.7 (11.6) 0.36 82.8 (11.9) 84.5 (15.5) 86.6 (16.2) 0.28
Blood biochemical parameters between dietary pattern tertiles
 TG (mmol/l) 155.2 (73.6) 174.1 (88.6) 199.8 (96) 0.007* 0.016* 171 (89.1) 185.9 (87.1) 172 (88.4) 0.51 0.32 178.2 (80.4) 177.5 (97.4) 173.4 (86.6) 0.93 0.81
 T-chol (mmo/l) 200.6 (47.7) 208.8 (52.9) 201.6 (42.7) 0.51 0.54 203.2 (47.5) 211. (51.2) 196.8 (44.4) 0.19 0.51 206.4 (48.7) 210.1 (50.4) 194.6 (43.7) 0.11 0.33
 HDL (mg/dl) 50.5 (12.7) 50.9 (12.8) 46.2 (13) 0.049* 0.23 50.8 (1.3) 48.5 (14.1) 48.4 (12.8) 0.45 0.36 51.3 (12.1) 49.5 (14.1) 46.8 (12.2) 0.10 0.79
 LDL (mg/dl) 119.0 (41.5) 123.0 (46.6) 115.4 (36.9) 0.53 0.65 118.2 (42.1) 125.2 (44.0) 125.2 (44.0) 0.24 0.62 119.3 (44.9) 125.0 (41.8) 113 (38.1) 0.21 0.23
 FBS (mmol/l) 103.5 (35.2) 128.3 (55.4) 128 (55.4) 0.0001>* 0.03* 115.5 (51.0) 106.6 (37.6) 108.9 (33.6) 0.43 0.15 115.3 (39.5) 103.6 (33.3) 112.5 (49.6) 0.21 0.19
 hs-CRP 3.6 (4.9) 3.4 (4.7) 3.63 (4.4) 0.96 0.67 4.2 (4.8) 3.64 (5.3) 2.8 (2.8) 0.18 0.39 3.1 (3.2) 4.0 (5.8) 3.5 (3.9) 0.42 0.31
Characteristics of kidney function between dietary pattern tertiles
 Creatinine (serum) 1.14 (0.3) 1.30 (1.18) 1.11 (1.0) 0.40 0.33 1.11 (0.43) 1.35 (1.49) 1.09 (0.36) 0.17 0.33 1.0 (0.3) 1.21 (1.21) 1.2 (0.9) 0.26 0.46
 Urea (mg/dl) (serum) 35.2 (19.2) 34 (10.4) 31.9 (12) 0.37 0.67 34 (19.3) 34.5 (13.32) 32.6 (8.5) 0.72 0.78 34.6 (12.1) 35 (19.7) 31.5 (9.0) 0.25 0.45
 Microalbumin (μg/mg) (serum) 4.5 (0.3) 5.1 (4.6) 4.6 (0.37) 0.28 0.44 4.6 (0.3) 4.6 (0.43) 5.1 (4.6) 0.45 0.56 4.5 (0.2) 4.6 (0.3) 5.1 (4.6) 0.36 0.38
 Creatinine (mg/dl) (urine) 2.6 (1.5) 2.4 (1.5) 2.2 (1.0) 0.18 0.69 2.4 (1.6) 2.5 (1.3) 2.3 (1.2) 0.66 0.91 2.1 (0.9) 2.7 (1.7) 2.4 (1.3) 0.028* 0.035**
 Microalbumin (μg/ml) (urine) 73.5 (62.4) 65.2 (61.3) 70.8 (70.1) 0.73 0.81 68.4 (68.7) 73.2 (67.04) 67.5 (57.3) 0.85 0.78 63.8 (59.9) 71 (66.1) 73.7 (67.3) 0.64 0.65
 ACR (mg/mmol) (urine) 31.7 (42.2) 24.8 (19.7) 46.0 (108.3) 0.17 0.45 31.0 (44.4) 28.3 (23.8) 43.7 (109.9) 0.37 0.83 31.3 (42.9) 29.5 (42) 40.5 (98.4) 0.57 0.71
 eGFR (ml/min) 63.5 (31.9) 58.4 (25) 76.8 (52.0) 0.01* 0.042* 64.6 (32.4) 64.0 (33.8) 70.1 (48.1) 0.56 0.88 70.5 (51.7) 63.2 (30.6) 64.9 (29.8) 0.47 0.35

P<0.05 were significance. *P<0.05; **P<0.1; ¥Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, smoking status, physical activity, BP, use of medications, dietary intakes of protein, potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorous, supplement intake, socioeconomic status, and energy intake. BMI=Body mass index; BP=Blood pressure; WC=Waist circumference; SBP=Systolic BP; DBP=Diastolic BP; FBS=Fast blood sugar; TG=Triglyceride; T-chol=Total cholesterol; HDL-C=High density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL=Low density lipoprotein; hs-CRP=High-sensitivity C-reactive protein; e-GFR=Estimated glomerular filtration rate; ACR=Albumin/creatinine ratio