Table 3.

Anthropometric and biochemical measures across quartiles of nutrient patterns

Variable	Animal sourced				P	Plant sourced					Mixed-source				P
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
WC (cm)	91.48 ± 11.87	92.86 ± 13.83	92.43 ± 15.47	93.07 ± 13.01	0.77	95.70 ± 15.34	92.17 ± 12.88	92.45 ± 12.56	90.57 ± 13.29	0.04	88.26 ± 15.79	92.15 ± 11.61	94.06 ± 10.90	95.27 ± 15.53	0.01
WHR	0.87 ± 0.08	0.89 ± 0.10	0.89 ± 0.17	0.89 ± 0.08	0.21	0.92 ± 0.18	0.88 ± 0.08	0.88 ± 0.08	0.88 ± 0.09	0.01	0.87 ± 0.11	0.88 ± 0.07	0.90 ± 0.06	0.90 ± 0.17	0.34
SBP (mmHg)	120.72 ± 16.85	118.59 ± 17.5	120.27 ± 17.05	122.04 ± 20.38	0.45	123.82 ± 19.99	122.35 ± 18.35	121.25 ± 17.4	117.27 ± 10.99	0.04	117.66 ± 15.73	119.56 ± 15.01	124.06 ± 21.55	121.39 ± 18.89	0.04
DBP (mmHg)	74.32 ± 13.47	80.31 ± 12.31	80.61 ± 11.11	80.61 ± ±12.30	0.01	80.04 ± 12.89	78.91 ± 14.40	77.47 ± 10.38	77.91 ± 11.25	0.31	77.14 ± 11.64	78.32 ± 11.08	79.64 ± 13.41	79.17 ± 13.08	0.35
FBS (mg/dl)	88.00 ± 20.36	87.12 ± 15.36	89.01 ± 23.23	90.15 ± 32.09	0.74	92.65 ± 26.87	86.76 ± 20.81	86.54 ± 25.33	85.83 ± 22.22	0.02	87.39 ± 22.18	87.45 ± 19.57	91.11 ± 27.69	88.38 ± 24.67	0.53
TG (mg/dl)	152.75 ± 92.49	154.27 ± 79.48	156.83 ± 117.90	169.09 ± 101.78	0.04	163.65 ± 92.16	162.72 ± 107.21	160.0 ± 100.98	157.34 ± 96.67	0.95	165.67 ± 105.8	161.85 ± 88.36	161.20 ± 105.12	154.86 ± 96.14	0.84
TC (mg/dl)	176.90 ± 35.39	179.60 ± 49.4	180.20 ± 37.72	183.34 ± 39.03	0.62	185.67 ± 42.33	181.87 ± 39.88	177.00 ± 36.2	175.38 ± 42.71	0.14	179.37 ± 39.17	182.14 ± 39.4	180.93 ± 36.8	177.36 ± 46.17	0.78
LDL-C (mg/dl) 88.93 ± 26.71		91.34 ± 31.34	92.82 ± 29.14	93.96 ± 32.53	0.54	96.33 ± 33.76	93.38 ± 28.59	89.43 ± 30.21	87.62 ± 25.97	0.04	91.35 ± 26.26	90.88 ± 30.13	92.61 ± 30.80	91.93 ± 32.25	0.96
HDL-C (mg/dl) 44.98 ± 9.96		45.00 ± 9.72	43.56 ± 10.55	42.98 ± 9.96	0.01	44.02 ± 11.75	43.39 ± 10.03	43.45 ± 9.41	44.12 ± 9.53	0.90	43.36 ± 10.09	43.38 ± 10.33	44.05 ± 9.90	44.16 ± 10.54	0.87
Vitamin D (ng/ml) 22.57 ± 19.10		22.26 ± 16.58	23.31 ± 22.01	24.03 ± 27.95	0.79	23.94 ± 18.15	21.19 ± 25.46	22.70 ± 18.94	24.42 ± 24.35	0.39	23.84 ± 27.76	24.65 ± 19.29	23.77 ± 23.74	22.04 ± 14.75	0.61
Ferritin	70.35 ± 67.14	75.99 ± 72.07	87.29 ± 74.70	99.48 ± 71.49	0.004	84.50 ± 74.79	81.41 ± 72.03	81.31 ± 65.13	85.04 ± 76.82	0.96	84.95 ± 72.70	75.96 ± 62.70	81.03 ± 70.90	90.38 ± 80.89	0.40
ALT (IU/l)	17.92 ± 9.42	17.47 ± 8.51	18.98 ± 9.76	19.54 ± 10.16	0.19	17.67 ± 10.13	18.01 ± 9.40	18.75 ± 8.61	19.59 ± 9.83	0.36	18.11 ± 7.61	17.50 ± 8.49	19.94 ± 10.52	18.25 ± 10.84	0.14
AST (IU/l)	20.23 ± 6.10	21.00 ± 6.35	20.76 ± 5.58	22.26 ± 6.84	0.04	21.03 ± 6.66	21.37 ± 6.66	21.37 ± 6.48	21.45 ± 6.77	0.60	21.25 ± 5.83	20.81 ± 5.58	21.57 ± 6.88	20.72 ± 6.75	0.65

P-value for continuous variables was compared across quartiles of nutrient pattern scores using analysis of variance (ANCOVA) tests adjusting for age, BMI and energy intake. Continuous variables are presented as the means ± standard deviations. Bold values indicate P < 0.05 as the level of significance. Abbreviations: WC waist circumference, WHR waist hip ratio, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FBS fasting blood sugar, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure