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Table 3 Food groups intake of study participants by tertiles of dietary and non-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

P**

value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Fruits (g/d)

5.11

3.61

3.96

3.06

3.06

1.79

0.001

0.01

Vegetables (g/d)

4.97

2.64

3.66

1.81

2.50

1.18

< 0.001

0.59

Dairy (g/d)

2.68

1.51

1.89

1.14

1.45

0.74

< 0.001

0.30

Beans

1.02

0.99

0.63

0.40

0.50

0.31

< 0.001

0.72

Fish group

0.38

0.56

0.26

0.27

0.28

0.31

0.21

0.50

Meat group

2.17

1.68

1.23

0.85

0.92

0.67

< 0.001

0.001

Poultry group

0.88

0.72

0.72

0.61

0.66

0.57

0.13

0.73

Grains (g/d)

18.41

7.48

13.23

5.48

9.59

3.81

< 0.001

0.09

Energy (kcal/d)

4162.21

982.01

2837.38

471.88

2053.83

386.74

< 0.001

< 0.001

CHO (%)

55.50

6.89

58.04

6.65

61.46

5.78

< 0.001

< 0.001

Protein (%)

12.69

2.05

12.86

1.85

13.71

1.91

0.01

0.45

Fat (%)

34.31

6.99

31.82

6.41

27.59

5.54

< 0.001

< 0.001

Cholesterol (mg/d)

401.62

171.30

288.82

238.20

198.64

113.36

< 0.001

0.076

MUFA (g/d)

49.96

17.28

30.29

6.12

19.53

4.79

< 0.001

0.043

  1. CHO, carbohydrate, MUFA, mono-unsaturated fatty acids. All data are mean (± SD). P* values derived from unadjusted ANCOVA P** values derived from ANCOVA after adjustment for confounders (age, gender, BMI, PA and energy intake)
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