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Table 3 Mean and SD of anthropometric measurements and metabolic factors according to tertile categories of healthy beverage index (HBI)

From: Healthy beverages may reduce the genetic risk of abdominal obesity and related metabolic comorbidities: a gene-diet interaction study in Iranian women

Variables†

HBI

T1(n = 69)

T2(n = 62)

T3(n = 71)

P-value

P-value b

Age (years)

34.02 ± 8.96

36.54 ± 8.83

38.59 ± 7.33

0.006

0.001

Body weight (Kg)

81.68 ± 12.80

80.84 ± 11.23

76.83 ± 9.18

0.02

0.02

Anthropometric measurements

 BMI (Kg/m2)

31.21 ± 4.49

30.75 ± 3.55

30.01 ± 3.18

0.17

0.08

 WC (cm)

99.25 ± 10.64

98.49 ± 9.10

95.76 ± 8.25

0.07

0.09 a

 WHR (ratio)

0.92 ± 0.05

0.93 ± 0.05

0.91 ± 0.04

0.32

0.55 a

Metabolic factors

 FBS (mg/Dl)

87.39 ± 9.32

86.17 ± 6.69

87.05 ± 11.71

0.78

0.72

 Total cholesterol (g/dl)

183.43 ± 30.57

177.01 ± 31.00

178.20 ± 34.04

0.54

0.70

 TG (mg/dl)

124.188 ± 76.31

117.85 ± 58.76

118.83 ± 58.97

0.86

0.88

 HDL (mg/dl)

50.15 ± 9.66

46.46 ± 9.31

45.66 ± 10.02

0.03

0.11

 LDL (mg/dl)

99.45 ± 21.86

96.44 ± 21.05

97.71 ± 22.52

0.77

0.77

  1. p-values are in bold
  2. SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist height ratio, FBS fasting blood sugar, TG Triglyceride, LDL Low density lipoprotein, HDL High density lipoprotein, CHO/HDL total cholesterol/ high density lipoprotein
  3. a: BMI considered collinear and this variable adjusted for age physical activity and total energy intake
  4. b: Adjusted for age, BMI, physical activity, and total energy intake
  5. † Calculated by analysis of variance (ANOVA)
  6. p < 0.05 was considered significant