Table 5 Evaluation continuous variables and categorical variables across the quartiles of the AHEI

Demography

 Age (year)

34.62 ± 8.92

36.93 ± 8.58

36.87 ± 8.89

37.63 ± 7.45

0.16

0.05**

 Weight(kg)

79.09 ± 12.35

79.81 ± 11.95

84.70 ± 13.60

79.19 ± 10.04

0.01

0.63^a

 Height(cm)

162.23 ± 6.45

160.73 ± 5.47

161.43 ± 5.99

160.75 ± 5.75

0.37

0.50

 Physical activity(MET)

770.57 ± 806.18

1142.89 ± 1728.47

1394.50 ± 2591.67

1470.54 ± 2649.21

0.24

0.04**

Body composition

 BMI(kg/m²)

30.19 ± 4.32

30.87 ± 4.36

32.38 ± 4.74

30.73 ± 3.57

0.01

0.47^**

 Fat percentage %

41.04 ± 5.19

41.74 ± 5.50

41.74 ± 6.48

41.53 ± 4.91

0.86

0.26^a

 BFM(kg)

33.06 ± 8.56

33.58 ± 8.77

36.11 ± 9.88

33.25 ± 7.06

0.11

0.06^a

 FFM(kg)

46.52 ± 5.71

45.94 ± 5.21

48.39 ± 5.77

46.25 ± 5.37

0.03

0.66^a

 SMM(kg)

25.49 ± 3.35

25.15 ± 3.06

26.63 ± 3.39

25.44 ± 3.25

0.03

0.50^a

 WHR

2.21 ± 10.80

0.92 ± 0.05

0.94 ± 0.05

0.92 ± 0.05

0.38

0.37^a

 WC(cm)

97.75 ± 9.55

98.04 ± 10.15

102.09 ± 10.94

97.93 ± 8.93

0.02

0.51^a

 FFMI

17.59 ± 1.47

17.80 ± 1.44

20.35 ± 15.30

17.86 ± 1.44

0.10

0.56^a

 FMI

12.59 ± 3.27

13.06 ± 3.44

13.93 ± 3.78

13.03 ± 2.96

0.12

0.48^a

Blood parameters

 Cholesterol(mg/dl)

179.63 ± 40.73

184.74 ± 33.75

191.04 ± 38.04

184.84 ± 32.54

0.40

0.84

 TG(mg/dl)

106.57 ± 54.49

123.50 ± 69.76

135.63 ± 72.22

123.04 ± 79.78

0.16

0.21

 HDL(mg/dl)

46.00 ± 10.68

47.04 ± 10.62

47.34 ± 12.25

46.78 ± 9.97

0.92

0.59

 LDL(mg/dl)

89.03 ± 26.83

95.56 ± 22.42

100.16 ± 23.84

94.96 ± 23.07

0.09

0.39

 AST(mg/dl)

16.78 ± 6.35

17.53 ± 5.71

20.01 ± 10.03

16.92 ± 6.27

0.05

0.25

 ALT(mg/dl)

17.68 ± 11.38

18.01 ± 9.20

22.86 ± 17.79

18.06 ± 11.60

0.08

0.37

 FBS(mg/dl)

87.80 ± 8.64

86.88 ± 12.19

87.85 ± 9.74

87.46 ± 7.56

0.94

0.35

 Insulin(mIU/dl)

1.22 ± 0.21

1.25 ± 0.26

1.24 + 0.25

1.22 ± 0.10

0.85

0.73

 HOMAIR index

3.06 ± 1.07

3.26 ± 1.53

3.45 + 1.52

4.03 ± 1.24

0.44

0.54

Blood pressure

 SBP (mmHg)

108.97 ± 13.43

109.87 ± 12.15

117.36 ± 13.20

110.63 ± 14.83

0.001

0.38

 DBP (mmHg)

75.95 ± 9.39

78.36 ± 8.19

80.44 ± 9.15

76.39 ± 11.10

0.02

0.80

 Pulse

80.49 ± 9.24

80.88 ± 9.63

80.19 + 12.80

77.51 ± 10.36

0.26

0.14

Marital status

 Single

34.4%

21.9%

21.9%

21.9%

0.23

0.33

 Married

21.8%

26.2%

26.2%

25.8%

Education

 Illiterate

33.3%

0.0%

66.7%

0.0%

0.21

0.92

 Diploma

12.5%

25.00%

35.00%

27.5%

 University

26.4%

25.6%

23.2%

24.8%

Economy

 Low

6.7%

26.7%

26.7%

40.0%

0.18

0.16

 Moderate

25.4%

30.0%

23.8%

20.8%

 Good

27.8%

20.4%

26.9%

25.0%

 Very good

44.4%

22.2%

22.2%

11.1%

Occupation

 Unemployed

24.6%

24.1%

27.2%

24.1%

0.77

0.95

 Employed

24.5%

28.7%

22.3%

24.5%

History of weight loos

 Yes

25.2%

25.2%

27.2%

22.5%

0.79

0.70

 No

25.6%

25.6%

22.6%

26.3%

History of family obesity

 Yes

26.1%

24.8%

24.3%

24.8%

0.86

0.55

 No

22.2%

27.8%

27.8%

22.2%