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Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of the study participants for men according to dietary pattern scores

From: Associations between dietary patterns and gene expression profiles of healthy men and women: a cross-sectional study

 

Prudent dietary pattern (n = 12)

P

Western dietary pattern (n = 12)

P

 

Low score (n = 5)

High score (n = 7)

 

Low score (n = 3)

High score (n = 9)

 

Age (y)

34.40 ± 10.99

32.71 ± 5.88

0.74

31.00 ± 2.65

34.22 ± 9.09

0.57

BMI (kg/m 2 )

28.86 ± 3.62

29.63 ± 5.56

0.881

32.04 ± 8.04

28.40 ± 3.18

0.351

Waist circumference (cm)

96.83 ± 9.24

95.53 ± 12.86

0.452

102.87 ± 15.26

93.81 ± 9.27

0.682

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

113.80 ± 5.89

107.86 ± 7.24

0.182

101.67 ± 2.08

113.22 ± 5.56

0.00082

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

76.40 ± 2.70

68.86 ± 8.32

0.122

63.33 ± 1.53

74.89 ± 6.17

0.012

Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

5.20 ± 0.31

4.83 ± 0.63

0.322

4.40 ± 0.46

5.18 ± 0.41

0.052

Fasting insulin (pmol/L)

123.00 ± 63.49

73.29 ± 23.56

0.032

73.67 ± 16.65

100.78 ± 55.29

0.142

CRP (mg/L)

4.33 ± 5.81

2.02 ± 2.24

0.472

2.88 ± 2.92

3.02 ± 4.52

0.922

Total-C (mmol/L)

5.77 ± 0.85

5.08 ±1.04

0.332

5.60 ± 0.98

5.29 ± 1.04

0.572

LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.69 ± 0.55 (n = 4)

3.18 ± 0.97

0.472

3.74 ± 0.60

3.22 ± 0.92 (n = 8)

0.332

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.09 ± 0.22

1.33 ± 0.39

0.232

1.10 ± 0.35

1.27 ± 0.35

0.622

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

2.48 ± 1.88

1.24 ± 0.54

0.202

1.65 ± 0.29

1.79 ± 1.59

0.922

ApoB (g/L)

1.14 ± 0.23

0.94 ± 0.27

0.262

1.14 ± 0.11

0.98 ± 0.29

0.382

Dietary intakes

      

Total fat (%)

34.22 ± 2.23

33.58 ± 5.32

0.782

32.52 ± 7.43

34.29 ± 3.02

0.402

Saturated fat (%)

12.24 ± 1.47

9.77 ± 2.43

0.092

8.57 ± 3.34

11.54 ± 1.57

0.032

Monounsaturated fat (%)

14.34 ± 0.85

14.44 ± 2.53

0.972

14.44 ± 3.06

14.38 ± 1.68

0.932

Polyunsaturated fat (%)

4.98 ± 0.57

6.61 ± 1.50

0.082

6.57 ± 0.91

5.72 ± 1.56

0.492

Total fiber (g)

19.40 ± 8.31

31.50 ± 7.53

0.032

26.04 ± 2.29

26.60 ± 11.36

0.822

  1. All values are means ± SDs. Tests for trends or differences were made by using generalized linear models.
  2. 1 Adjusted for age.
  3. 2 Adjusted for age and BMI.