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. 2022 Mar 15;14(6):1237. doi: 10.3390/nu14061237

Table 1.

Characteristics of the population.

Year 2018 Year 2019 Year 2020
N = 6236 Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD p-Value
Age (years) 41.1 ± 9.9 42.1 ± 9.9 43.1 ± 9.9 <0.001
Weight (kg) 71.7 ± 16.3 72.2 ± 16.4 73.8 ± 16.5 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 25.1 ± 4.7 25.3 ± 4,7 25.9 ± 4.7 <0.001
Waist circumference (cm) 82.8 ± 14.0 84.6 ± 14.1 87.6 ± 14.1 <0.001
Hip circumference (cm) 98.7 ± 9.4 99.8 ± 9.4 101.5 ± 9.5 <0.001
Waist to Height ratio 0.49 ± 0.08 0.50 ± 0.08 0.52 ± 0.08 <0.001
Waist to hip ratio 0.84 ± 0.10 0.85 ± 0.09 0.86 ± 0.09 <0.001
Body fat (%) 24.5 ± 9.1 25.3 ± 8.7 26.9 ± 8.8 <0.001
SBP (mmHg) 120.0 ± 16.8 121.3 ± 16.3 124.6 ± 16.3 <0.001
DBP (mmHg) 76.9 ± 10.7 78.2 ± 10.5 82.8 ± 10.6 <0.001
Glycaemia (mg/dL) 90.5 ± 16.4 91.9 ± 15.7 95.4 ± 15.8 <0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 190.7 ± 37.3 194.3 ± 35.3 202.8 ± 35.7 <0.001
HDL-c (mg/dL) 53.9 ± 13.7 53.1 ± 13.4 50.7 ± 13.7 <0.001
LDL-c (mg/dL) 117.4 ± 40.3 121.4 ± 38.5 131.0 ± 39.0 <0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 96.8 ± 79.2 98.7 ± 78.5 105.8 ± 78.9 <0.001
N (%) N (%) N (%) p-value
Smokers 1176 (18.9) 1202 (19.3) 1302 (20.9) <0.001
Physical exercise 2732 (43.8) 2600 (41.7) 2044 (32.8) <0.001
Normal weight 3500 (56.1) 3398 (54.5) 3085 (49.5) <0.001
Overweight 1890 (30.3) 1978 (31.7) 2144 (34.4)
Obesity 846 (13.6) 860 (13.8) 1007 (16.1)
Waist to height ratio high 2526 (40.5) 2826 (45.3) 3368 (54.0) <0.001
Waist to hip ratio high 1460 (23.4) 1612 (25.8) 1944 (31.2) <0.001
Body fat normal 4115 (66.0) 3996 (64.1) 3722 (59.7) <0.001
Body fat high 1394 (22.4) 1428 (22.9) 1466 (23.5)

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HDL: high density lipoproteins; LDL: low density lipoproteins.