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Table 3 Food groups intake of study participants by quartiles of CQI

From: Dietary carbohydrate quality index (CQI), cardio-metabolic risk factors and insulin resistance among adults with obesity

Variable

Quartiles of CQI

1st (N=86)

2nd (N=85)

3rd (N=84)

4th (N=81)

P* value

P** value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Fruits (g/d)

3.31

1.77

3.69

2.31

4.47

2.79

5.37

4.82

0.01

0.93

Vegetables (g/d)

3.63

1.75

3.86

2.25

3.77

2.41

4.16

2.61

0.75

0.07

MFP (g/d)

3.14

1.49

3.16

1.51

3.82

2.08

3.76

1.75

0.03

0.001

Dairy (g/d)

2.36

1.55

2.16

1.18

2.11

1.36

1.64

1.01

0.08

< 0.001

Grains (g/d)

11.28

5.09

11.72

4.76

14.84

6.56

19.88

8.04

< 0.001

< 0.001

Energy (kcal/d)

2580.53

826.37

2897.07

1081.69

3173.69

1027.79

3705.29

1242.42

< 0.001

< 0.001

CHO (%)

56.27

5.94

57.31

6.64

57.65

7.21

61.21

6.98

0.007

0.002

Protein (%)

13.31

1.63

13.07

1.88

13.27

2.10

12.34

2.13

0.08

0.26

Fat (%)

33.13

5.84

32.37

7.17

31.54

7.46

29.05

6.36

0.04

0.002

Cholesterol (mg/d)

282.51

144.30

281.59

155.48

322.23

284.38

310.22

194.52

0.44

0.14

SFA (g/d)

27.65

12.37

28.61

14.76

29.68

12.95

32.89

20.68

0.18

< 0.001

MUFA (g/d)

29.06

13.22

33.07

16.13

34.01

15.47

39.11

21.40

0.003

0.04

PUFA (g/d)

18.01

9.22

22.33

12.91

23.86

13.05

28.30

16.07

< 0.001

0.92

  1. MFP, meat, fish and poultry; CHO, carbohydrate, SFA, saturated fatty acids, MUFA, mono-unsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated 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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