Table 4.
Mean differences in body fat percentage and waist circumference across tertiles of bean and legume adherence, based on factor scores.
| Bean intake adherence | |||||
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| Outcome | Low | Moderate | High | F | P |
| Covariate | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| Body fat percentage | |||||
| None | 34.9a ± 6.4 | 31.5b ± 7.2 | 31.0b ± 7.6 | 7.5 | 0.0007 |
| Age | 35.0a | 31.6b | 31.0b | 7.6 | 0.0006 |
| Age, energy intake | 35.0a | 31.5b | 30.9b | 8.1 | 0.0004 |
| Age, PA | 34.8a | 31.6b | 31.0b | 7.2 | 0.0009 |
| Age, PA, energy intake, educ | 34.5a | 31.2b | 30.6b | 7.9 | 0.0005 |
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| Waist circumference (cm) | |||||
| None | 85.1a ± 9.4 | 81.7b ± 10.7 | 81.4b ± 10.2 | 3.3 | 0.0398 |
| Age | 85.1a | 81.7b | 81.4b | 3.3 | 0.0383 |
| Age, energy intake | 85.5a | 81.6b | 81.1b | 4.8 | 0.0094 |
| Age, PA | 85.3a | 81.7b | 81.1b | 3.0 | 0.0536 |
| Age, PA, energy intake, educ | 84.6a | 80.8b | 80.5b | 4.5 | 0.0118 |
a,bMeans on the same row with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05). SD = standard deviation. PA = physical activity. Educ = education level. Categories were tertiles based on adherence to the dietary pattern associated with bean and legume consumption. The sample sizes were Tertile 1 (n = 81), Tertile 2 (n = 83), and Tertile 3 (n = 82). Means on the same row as the covariate(s) were adjusted for the covariate(s).