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. 2023 Feb 3;23:31. doi: 10.1186/s12902-023-01279-5

Table 1.

General characteristics of study population by dietary DRRS quartiles

Variable All participants
(N = 342)
Quartiles of DRRS
1st
(N=86)
2nd
(N=85)
3rd
(N=85)
4th
(N=86)
P *
value
Median
(IQR)
Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR)
Age (y)

38

(32.00–44.00)

34.50 (32.50–47.50) 39.00 (34.00–48.00)) 41.00 (36.00–47.50) 36.00 (33.00–48.00) 0.497
Sex (% Male) 58 74 51 36 36 0.001
WC (cm) 110 (103.00–114.00) 111.50 (107.00–116.75) 107.00 (102.00–112.50) 110.00 (103.00–114.00) 108.00 (101.00–116.00) 0.760
BMI (kg/m2) 33.99 (31.87–37.05) 33.21 (32.14–37.41) 33.60 (31.18–34.71) 35.01 (32.25–36.87) 33.99 (31.65–37.52) 0.002
SES score 10 (8.00–12.00) 11.00 (9.00–13.00) 10.00 (8.00–12.00) 10.00 (8.00–11.00) 9.00 (7.00–11.00) 0.074
FM (%) 32.80 (26.80–39.70) 29.70 (27.10–40.40) 31.40 (25.30–38.40) 35.60 (28.35–38.80) 34.40 (26.6–40.80) 0.543
FFM (%) 62.70 (50.60–73.70) 69.85 (53.80–77.17) 63.50 (50.55–72.80) 59.10 (50.80–73.40) 53.70 (49.55–72.85) 0.154
BMR (Kcal) 1920 (1519.00–2184.00) 2080.00 (1685.50–2376.25) 1878.10 (1577.50–2127.00) 1826.95 (1475.00–2123.50) 1702.00 (1466.00–2137.50) 0.210
PA (MET-min/week) 830 (231.00–2658.00) 721.00 (214.50–2027.00) 1050.00 (322.00–4029.00) 918.00 (318.00–3354.00) 735.00 (82.50–2196.00) 0.390

Data represented as median (interquartile 25–75) except gender, that is presented as the percentage of males in each quartile, DRRS diabetes risk reduction score, IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, BMI body mass index, FM fat mass, FFM fat free mass, BMR basal metabolic rate, PA physical activity; all data are mean (± SD) except gender, that is presented as the percent of males in each quartile. P* values derived from Kruskal–Wallis analysis