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Table 1 General demographic characteristics of study participants by tertiles of dietary pro-oxidants status

From: Dietary pro-oxidant score (POS) and cardio-metabolic panel among obese individuals: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Tertiles of POS

1st

(N=113)

2nd

(N=113)

3rd

(N=112)

P*

value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age (y)

39.60

8.96

39.77

8.77

42.52

9.62

0.03*

Gender (% Male)

61.9

38.05

53.1

50.12

56.3

49.83

0.39**

Weight

94.58

14.39

93.19

13.50

88.50

14.79

0.004*

< 0.001***

Height

168.06

9.96

167.87

10.16

167.76

9.68

0.97*

BMI (kg/m2)

33.55

5.22

33.12

4.37

31.36

4.58

0.001*

< 0.001***

WC (cm)

108.52

10.43

106.56

8.84

104.99

9.21

0.02*

< 0.001***

FM (%)

34.33

9.32

33.87

9.98

32.97

7.65

0.72*

FFM (%)

62.98

11.82

61.99

13.40

61.56

11.81

0.81*

WHR

0.94

0.069

0.93

0.09

0.93

0.07

0.31*

SES score

9.84

2.34

10.02

2.66

10.04

2.57

0.88*

DASS

20.60

12.12

20.43

11.37

19.14

11.08

0.77*

Appetite

35.30

9.14

32.73

8.93

32.24

8.40

0.11*

PA (min/week)

2096.37

2885.95

2598.97

2915.99

1660.30

2542.20

0.29*

BMR (Kcal)

7843.13

1828.32

7906.82

1557.79

7806.73

1381.97

0.94*

SBP (mmHg)

121.56

19.08

122.21

15.01

124.50

14.11

0.36***

DBP (mmHg)

79.51

13.23

82.13

11.31

83.32

10.29

0.05***

FBS (mg/dl)

92.50

16.70

95.01

26.39

90.85

12.21

0.27***

TC (mg/dl)

185.57

33.96

196.64

35.49

192.95

40.35

0.07***

TG (mg/dl)

147.11

99.33

148.92

81.52

156.01

98.68

0.75***

HDL (mg/dl)

43.20

9.43

44.39

9.56

43.04

9.60

0.51***

LDL (mg/dl)

117.80

29.26

126.76

32.33

125.98

33.96

0.07***

Insulin (mIU/l)

15.52

11.39

17.47

17.39

15.69

11.91

0.60***

HOMA-IR

3.55

2.56

4.20

4.06

3.60

3.14

0.37***

QUICKI

0.33

0.04

0.32

0.03

0.33

0.04

0.08***

  1. POS, pro-oxidants status; BMI, Body mass index; WC, Waist Circumference; FM, Fat Mass; FFM, Fat Free Mass; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; BMR, Basal Metabolic Rate; SES, socio-economic status; DASS, depression anxiety stress scale; PA, physical activity; SBP, Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP, Diastolic Blood Pressure; TC, Total Cholesterol; TG, Triglyceride; HDL-C, High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; LDL-C, Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance; QUICKI, Quantitative Insulin sensitivity Check Index; all data are mean (± SD) except gender, that is presented as the number and percent of males in each group. P* values derived from One-Way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc comparisons. ** P values derived from chi-squared test. P*** values derived from One-Way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc comparisons after adjustment for confounders (age, gender, BMI, PA and kcal)
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