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Table 2 Comparison of male and female subjects based on tea intake

From: Tea and coffee consumption in relation to vitamin D and calcium levels in Saudi adolescents

 

Tea Intake

Male

Female

Parameters

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

p-value

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

p-value

0–4

5–8

9–12

0–4

5–8

9–12

times/week

times/week

times/week

times/week

times/week

times/week

N

96

23

36

 

105

17

53

 

Age(years)

12.7 ± 3.3

12.5 ± 3.2

11.7 ± 3.5

0.274

13.0 ± 3.4

12.5 ± 3.4

12.7 ± 3.2

0.808

BMI (kg/m2)

21.1 ± 6.6

23.7 ± 8.0

19.9 ± 6.7

0.177

22.1 ± 6.2

21.2 ± 3.6

21.5 ± 8.0

0.763

Sun Exposure (%) (Daily/weekly)

54/29.1

30.4/30.4

38.8/47.2

0.17

19.0/34.2

23.5/47.0

22.6/41.5

0.06

Physical Activity (%)(moderate/Active)

21.0/51.0

13.0/60.8

11.0/63.8

0.04

16.1/64.7

17.6/76.4

15.1/67.9

0.91

Waist (cm)

65.5 ± 23.6

69.2 ± 24.6

65.7 ± 17.6

0.816

64.2 ± 18.0

67.8 ± 8.8

69.9 ± 18.4

0.177

Hips (cm)

77.4 ± 25.4

83.8 ± 25.9

80.7 ± 22.6

0.555

81.0 ± 22.0

86.8 ± 8.2

87.7 ± 18.1

0.138

LBM (kg)

35.7 ± 13.6

36.7 ± 13.8

33.5 ± 14.8

0.672

32.4 ± 9.7

32.2 ± 6.2

31.6 ± 9.3

0.913

SLM (kg)

32.5 ± 12.9

34.2 ± 13.1

29.9 ± 14.1

0.510

30.4 ± 9.8

29.8 ± 5.8

29.1 ± 8.9

0.738

Glucose (mmol/l)†

5.2 ± 0.81

5.3 ± 0.38

5.3 ± 0.69

0.904

4.9 ± 0.78

5.0 ± 0.72

5.2 ± 0.51

0.160

TG (mmol/l)†

0.90 ± 0.05

1.1 ± 0.07

0.78 ± 0.04

0.062

0.87 ± 0.04

0.99 ± 0.12

0.90 ± 0.04

0.600

HDL (mmol/l)†

1.0 ± 0.34

1.0 ± 0.22

1.01 ± 0.23

0.959

1.0 ± 0.29

1.2 ± 0.23*

1.1 ± 0.24*

0.003

LDL(mmol/l)†

2.8 ± 0.61

2.6 ± 0.63

2.4 ± 0.65*

0.042

2.9 ± 0.64

2.7 ± 0.37

2.7 ± 0.68

0.274

Total Cholesterol(mmol/l)†

4.2 ± 1.2

3.9 ± 0.67

3.8 ± 0.70

0.111

4.2 ± 0.66

4.1 ± 0.40

4.0 ± 0.71

0.667

Serum Ca (mmol/l)†

2.5 ± 0.24

2.6 ± 0.21

2.6 ± 0.20

0.322

2.5 ± 0.20

2.4 ± 0.18

2.6 ± 0.23

0.184

Corrected Ca (mmol/l)†

2.6 ± 0.34

2.4 ± 0.20

2.5 ± 0.23

0.132

2.5 ± 0.33

2.5 ± 0.21

2.5 ± 0.17

0.972

Albumin (gm/L)†

45.7 ± 3.9

45.7 ± 4.4

44.6 ± 3.2

0.427

44.8 ± 3.9

44.6 ± 2.7

44.6 ± 2.9

0.936

Serum Phosphorus †

1.6 ± 0.56

1.5 ± 0.31

1.5 ± 0.25

0.741

1.4 ± 0.9

1.3 ± 0.2

1.4 ± 0.30

0.802

Vitamin D (nmol/l)†

22.5 ± 1.5

23.5 ± 1.4

30.0 ± 1.5*

0.003

17.4 ± 1.6

17.2 ± 1.4

21.2 ± 1.5*

0.031

  1. Data represented by Mean ± standard deviation;
  2. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is done across different tea drinkers.
  3. ‘*’ represents group is significantly from the group 1.
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