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Table 1 Characteristics of men and women at baseline

From: Gender differences in the long-term effects of a nutritional intervention program promoting the Mediterranean diet: changes in dietary intakes, eating behaviors, anthropometric and metabolic variables

 

Men (n = 64)

Women (n = 59)

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Medscore (arbitrary units)

22.7

4.3

24.1

3.6

Age (years)

41.0

7.9

41.8

6.7

Body mass index (kg/m2)

30.8

4.4

29.6*

6.0

Body fat (%)

26.7

4.5

39.2*

6.2

Waist circumference (cm)

106.1

10.2

95.8*

11.5

LDL-C (mmol/l)

3.6

0.7

3.6

0.7

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.1

0.2

1.4*

0.3

Total-C/HDL-C ratio

5.1

1.0

4.2*

0.9

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.9

0.9

1.5*

0.6

Fasting glucose (mmol/l)

5.3

0.5

5.2

0.7

  1. SD: Standard deviation.
  2. For percentage of body fat, n = 52 men and n =48 women.
  3. For lipid-lipoprotein variables and fasting glucose, n = 63 men and n = 58 women.
  4. *Values significantly different between men and women (P ≤0.05, Student’s t-test procedure).
  5. Trend for a significant difference between men and women (P = 0.06, Student’s t-test procedure).
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Nutrition Journal

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