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Table 3 Biochemical parameters 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

SBP (mmHg)

123.80 (15.23)

124.99 (15.83)

119.76 (17.84)

0.04

0.09

119.75 (14.58)

122.11 (16.82)

126.71 (17.18)

< 0.001

0.27

122.00 (16.77)

122.41 (15.52)

124.13 (17.04)

0.58

0.71

DBP (mmHg)

83.44 (10.22)

83.22 (11.86)

78.32 (12.35)

< 0.001

< 0.001

79.84 (11.20)

80.66 (12.06)

84.52 (11.42)

< 0.001

0.48

82.27 (11.96)

81.02 (11.36)

81.70 (11.87)

0.72

0.54

TC (mg/dL)

197.54 (39.51)

190.07 (35.63)

187.71 (34.22)

0.10

0.21

189.27 (33.81)

189.51 (38.04)

196.61 (37.87)

0.23

0.70

192.10 (37.23)

191.33 (35.84)

191.94 (37.22)

0.98

0.86

TG (mg/dL)

153.18 (103.81)

148.34 (81.25)

151.38 (93.66)

0.92

0.35

132.02 (72.05)

148.79 (110.40)

172.29 (89.74)

< 0.001

0.72

160.75 (105.20)

150.90 (94.64)

141.39 (77.54)

0.29

0.82

HDL-C (mg/dL)

43.58 (9.18)

43.71 (10.56)

43.20 (8.74)

0.91

0.97

44.58 (8.96)

44.06 (10.32)

41.84 (9.01)

0.20

0.59

43.13 (10.10)

42.92 (8.97)

44.42 (9.39)

0.43

0.28

LDL-C (mg/dL)

129.88 (35.00)

121.15 (32.30)

119.80 (27.25)

0.03

0.05

120.55 (29.33)

121.73 (32.84)

128.64 (33.15)

0.11

0.59

123.84 (29.81)

123.21 (31.31)

123.85 (34.68)

0.98

0.93

Glucose (mg/dL)

89.89 (12.38)

93.90 (18.48)

94.49 (25.02)

0.15

0.21

93.73 (17.43)

94.54 (25.16)

89.98 (13.62)

0.16

0.18

93.44 (16.04)

93.08 (26.07)

91.73 (14.06)

0.78

0.93

Insulin (µIU/mL)

15.15 (11.78)

17.97 (18.08)

14.81 (8.11)

0.24

0.31

15.17 (9.55)

15.19 (8.97)

18.29 (20.80)

0.27

0.52

15.59 (7.83)

18.04 (18.99)

14.09 (8.70)

0.14

0.73

HOMA-IR

3.48 (3.13)

4.09 (3.78)

3.59 (2.62)

0.43

0.17

3.59 (2.50)

3.64 (2.61)

4.05 (4.57)

0.63

0.55

3.58 (1.96)

4.29 (4.52)

3.23 (2.06)

0.08

0.56

QUICKI

0.33 (0.03)

0.32 (0.03)

0.32 (0.03)

0.15

0.02

0.32 (0.03)

0.32 (0.03)

0.33 (0.04)

0.98

0.68

0.32 (0.02)

0.32 (0.04)

0.33 (0.03)

0.25

0.89

  1. 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, SFA, saturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; LC-CFA, long chain combined fatty acids. *P values derived from one-way ANOVA. ** P values derived from ANCOVA after adjustment for confounders (age, gender, BMI, physical activity and energy intake)