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Table 2 General characteristics and anthropometric measurements of study participants across different tertiles of dietary fatty acid patterns

From: Dietary fatty acid pattern and its association with metabolic profile among overweight and obese adults

Variables

Pattern 1

(SFA pattern)

Pattern 2

(PUFA pattern)

Pattern 3

(LC-CFA pattern)

1st tertile

(n = 115)

2nd tertile

(n = 112)

3rd tertile

(n = 113)

*P

**P

1st tertile

(n = 115)

2nd tertile

(n = 112)

3rd tertile

(n = 113)

*P

**P

1st tertile

(n = 115)

2nd tertile

(n = 112)

3rd tertile

(n = 113)

*P

**P

Age (year)

42.19 (9.39)

41.91 (8.30)

37.82 (9.21)

<0.001

 

39.93 (8.78)

40.52 (9.27)

41.48 (9.47)

0.44

 

40.68 (8.89)

40.91 (9.25)

40.35 (9.46)

0.90

 

SES

9.33 (2.84)

10.26 (2.53)

10.19 (2.11)

0.08

 

9.41 (2.58)

10.62 (2.34)

10.00 (2.36)

0.01

 

9.81 (2.25)

10.28 (2.80)

9.73 (2.38)

0.39

 

Education (≤ 12 y)

51 (91.1)

57 (90.5)

65 (95.6)

0.94***

 

78 (89.7)

68 (97.1)

27 (90.0)

0.01***

 

51 (96.2)

64 (92.8)

58 (89.3)

0.17***

 

Marital status (% Single)

13 (11.3)

7 (6.3)

25 (22.1)

0.01***

 

11 (9.6)

18 (15.9)

16 (14.2)

0.53***

 

16 (14.0)

16 (14.3)

13 (11.4)

0.52***

 

Gender (%Male)

57 (49.6)

67 (59.8)

72 (63.7)

0.08***

 

53 (46.5)

65 (57.5)

78 (69.0)

<0.001***

 

67 (58.8)

68 (60.7)

61 (53.5)

0.01***

 

Weight (kg)

88.94 (14.85)

92.25 (12.77)

95.17 (15.17)

< 0.001

0.40

92.39 (12.39)

91.96 (14.41)

91.95 (16.52)

0.96

0.24

91.93 (15.12)

91.15 (13.35)

93.20 (14.98)

0.56

0.18

Height (cm)

166.43 (10.16)

167.80 (10.09)

169.65 (9.15)

0.04

0.26

165.92 (9.63)

167.02 (9.89)

170.94 (9.46)

<0.001

0.03

168.95 (9.66)

167.62 (9.74)

167.28 (10.20)

0.40

0.36

BMI (kg/m2)

32.05 (4.86)

32.90 (4.84)

33.02 (4.79)

0.25

0.87

33.65 (4.49)

32.94 (4.43)

31.36 (5.29)

< 0.001

0.97

32.20 (4.86)

32.42 (4.36)

33.32 (5.21)

0.17

0.26

WC (cm)

105.42 (9.81)

107.74 (8.51)

107.00 (10.44)

0.17

0.70

107.23 (9.26)

107.10 (9.61)

105.79 (10.08)

0.46

0.80

106.73 (9.59)

106.40 (9.17)

106.98 (10.22)

0.90

0.27

HC (cm)

115.33 (8.95)

113.86 (8.98)

115.46 (9.73)

0.40

0.89

116.91 (9.16)

115.38 (8.59)

112.30 (9.41)

< 0.001

0.55

115.42 (9.70)

114.33 (8.37)

115.00 (9.73)

0.70

0.76

WHR

0.91 (0.07)

0.95 (0.07)

0.93 (0.07)

< 0.001

0.19

0.92 (0.07)

0.93 (0.06)

0.94 (0.08)

0.08

0.27

0.93 (0.080)

0.93 (0.078)

0.93 (0.070)

0.88

0.42

FM (kg)

34.32 (8.29)

32.90 (8.51)

34.22 (10.32)

0.62

0.46

34.56 (8.40)

32.59 (8.44)

34.42 (12.17)

0.74

0.47

34.52 (8.10)

32.07 (7.74)

35.06 (10.97)

0.13

0.18

FFM (kg)

59.68 (12.66)

62.72 (11.94)

63.92 (12.30)

0.15

0.38

60.06 (12.03)

63.06 (12.50)

66.58 (11.91)

0.03

0.24

62.47 (12.00)

62.70 (12.45)

61.60 (12.69)

0.86

0.47

BMR (kcal)

7618.35 (145.58)

7858.50 (159.34)

8047.51 (170.98)

0.33

0.38

7597.16 (153.94)

7918.87 (174.17)

8442.51 (145.84)

0.04

0.18

7951.18 (141.99)

7846.71 (178.89)

7787.76 (166.79)

0.86

0.26

  1. BMI, Body mass index; BMR, Basal Metabolic Rate; FM, Fat Mass; FFM, Fat Free Mass; LC-CFA, long chain combined fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; SES, socio-economic status, SFA, saturated fatty acid; WC, Waist Circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio. All data are mean (± SD) except marital status and gender, that are presented as the number and percent of single and males respectively in each group. * P values derived from One-Way ANOVA. ** P values derived from ANCOVA after adjustment for confounders (age, gender, BMI, physical activity and energy intake). *** P values derived from chi-squared test
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