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. 2022 Feb 21;11:e12. doi: 10.1017/jns.2022.7

Table 3.

Characteristics of variables in four categories

Variable Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 P value
Mean (77) SD Mean  (31) SD Mean  (82) SD Mean SD
Age (years) 35⋅48  8.02 33⋅70  8.15 37⋅60  8.92 37⋅04 7.98 0⋅11
Weight (Kg) 71⋅85  5.32 74⋅37  8.19 89⋅22  11.31 87⋅05  11.35 <0⋅001
BMI (kg/m2) 27⋅51  1.47 27⋅79  1.44 34⋅28  3.85 33⋅76  3.64 <0⋅001

BMI; body fat mass, VFA; visceral fat area; FFM, fat-free mass; WHR, waist hip ratio; WC, waist circumference; TG, triacylglycerol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure. Q1, overweight without D deficiency; Q2, overweight with D deficiency; Q3, people with obesity without D deficiency; Q4, people with obesity D deficiency.

The ANOVA test was performed for the potential effect of confounders in each quartile.