Table 1.

Participant characteristics

	Male (n 386)		Female (n 431)		P-value*
	Mean/n	sd/%	Mean/n	sd/%
Age, years	63⋅69	10⋅13	63⋅82	10⋅68	0⋅856
Lack of exercise, n	296	76⋅68	352	81⋅67	0⋅081
Lack of sleep, n	272	70⋅47	324	75⋅17	0⋅132
Current smoker, n	119	30⋅83	30	6⋅96	<0⋅001
Current drinker, n	286	74⋅09	98	22⋅74	<0⋅001
BMI, kg/m2	23⋅84	3⋅05	22⋅76	3⋅28	<0⋅001
Diabetes treatment, n	44	11⋅40	21	4⋅87	0⋅001
Dyslipidemia treatment, n	32	8⋅29	54	12⋅53	0⋅047
Neck/shoulder/upper limb pain, n	11	2⋅85	24	5⋅57	0⋅051
CRP, mg/dl	0⋅16	0⋅69	0⋅11	0⋅35	0⋅165
SFA, % energy	5⋅81	1⋅77	6⋅94	1⋅92	<0⋅001
MUFA, % energy	7⋅98	2⋅29	9⋅18	2⋅28	<0⋅001
PUFA, % energy	5⋅69	1⋅46	6⋅41	1⋅53	<0⋅001
n-3 fatty acids, % energy	1⋅27	0⋅41	1⋅40	0⋅46	<0⋅001
n-6 fatty acids, % energy	4⋅40	1⋅19	4⋅99	1⋅22	<0⋅001
C18:1(M), mg/1000 kcal	7861⋅77	2351⋅00	9095⋅54	2329⋅79	<0⋅001
C18:2(n6)(P(n-6)), mg/1000 kcal	4742⋅69	1298⋅81	5382⋅85	1331⋅59	<0⋅001
C18:3(n3)(P(n-3)), mg/1000 kcal	760⋅63	241⋅82	869⋅13	247⋅87	<0⋅001
C20:2(n6)(P(n-6)), mg/1000 kcal	22⋅46	8⋅08	25⋅04	8⋅66	<0⋅001

Abbreviations: sd, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.

^*P-values were calculated using the Student's t test and χ² test for continuous and categorical variables, respectively (P-values < 0⋅05 are highlighted in bold).