Dietary factors associated with obesity indicators and level of sports participation in Flemish adults: a cross-sectional study

Duvigneaud, Nathalie; Wijndaele, Katrien; Matton, Lynn; Philippaerts, Renaat; Lefevre, Johan; Thomis, Martine; Delecluse, Christophe; Duquet, William

doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-26

Table 2 Differences in plausible dietary intake between BMI and WC groups in men

From: Dietary factors associated with obesity indicators and level of sports participation in Flemish adults: a cross-sectional study

	BMI				WC
	< 25 kg/m²	25–30 kg/m²	≥30 kg/m²	P	< 94 cm	94–102 cm	≥102 cm	P
	n = 225	n = 226	n = 34		n = 333	n = 109	n = 43
Total EI (kcal/d)	2758.2 ± 401.0	2777.0 ± 459.1^a	2938.9 ± 409.6^a,b	<0.001	2757.0 ± 410.8	2789.2 ± 480.8^a	2931.0 ± 430.8^a,b	<0.001
Protein
(kcal/d)	413.0 ± 113.1	429.2 ± 88.3^a	477.2 ± 120.5^a,b	<0.001	414.4 ± 105.8	436.7 ± 95.4^a	477.6 ± 92.1^a,b	<0.001
(%E)	15.0 ± 3.2	15.5 ± 2.6	16.4 ± 4.2	0.059	15.1 ± 3.0	15.8 ± 3.0	16.4 ± 2.8^a	0.043
Carbohydrate
(kcal/d)	1326.0 ± 288.2	1242.8 ± 275.5	1260.6 ± 313.5	0.883	1308.0 ± 284.9	1232.6 ± 274.4	1213.5 ± 306.9	0.991
(%E)	48.0 ± 7.5	44.8 ± 7.3^a	42.5 ± 6.7^a	<0.001	47.4 ± 7.7	44.1 ± 6.1^a	41.1 ± 6.6^a,b	<0.001
Sugar
(kcal/d)	310.5 ± 185.9	277.1 ± 143.4	289.7 ± 182.1	0.945	299.8 ± 174.5	284.2 ± 142.4	268.6 ± 171.3	0.408
(%E)	11.2 ± 6.2	10.0 ± 4.7	9.7 ± 5.7	0.683	10.8 ± 5.8	10.1 ± 4.7	9.0 ± 5.3	0.715
Starch
(kcal/d)	701.3 ± 223.3	651.3 ± 186.9	663.2 ± 220.0	0.607	689.0 ± 210.8	643.9 ± 192.7	649.6 ± 215.5	0.839
(%E)	25.4 ± 7.1	23.5 ± 5.9^a	22.3 ± 5.5^a	0.003	25.0 ± 6.9	23.0 ± 5.2^a	21.9 ± 5.4^a	<0.001
Fibre
(kcal/d)	94.4 ± 33.3	87.8 ± 24.3	89.4 ± 23.6	0.053	92.8 ± 30.6	87.0 ± 25.0	86.6 ± 23.5	0.114
(%E)	3.4 ± 1.1	3.2 ± 0.9^a	3.1 ± 0.9^a	<0.001	3.4 ± 1.0	3.2 ± 0.9^a	3.0 ± 0.8^a	<0.001
Fat
(kcal/d)	912.0 ± 246.6	972.9 ± 283.3^a	1066.2 ± 256.9^a	<0.001	930.6 ± 260.9	979.8 ± 279.0^a	1038.1 ± 276.6^a	<0.001
(%E)	32.9 ± 6.9	34.7 ± 6.5^a	36.2 ± 6.8^a	<0.001	33.5 ± 6.9	34.8 ± 6.3^a	35.2 ± 6.8^a	0.021
Saturated fat
(kcal/d)	347.5 ± 112.6	374.0 ± 114.5^a	409.3 ± 107.0^a	<0.001	355.9 ± 113.5	373.2 ± 112.9^a	405.9 ± 115.0^a	<0.001
(%E)	12.6 ± 3.4	13.4 ± 3.0^a	13.9 ± 3.0^a	0.006	12.8 ± 3.3	13.3 ± 3.0	13.8 ± 3.2	0.111
Monounsaturated
(kcal/d)	343.1 ± 114.3	371.3 ± 122.3^a	417.6 ± 111.4^a,b	<0.001	352.8 ± 121.0	373.2 ± 111.4^a	398.7 ± 120.5^a	<0.001
(%E)	12.4 ± 3.5	13.2 ± 3.1^a	14.2 ± 3.5^a	<0.001	12.7 ± 3.5	13.3 ± 2.9^a	13.5 ± 3.5^a	0.025
Polyunsaturated
(kcal/d)	153.5 ± 65.3	165.9 ± 76.3^a	178.4 ± 72.7^a	0.001	156.3 ± 66.2	169.6 ± 86.2^a	176.3 ± 65.8^a	<0.001
(%E)	5.6 ± 2.2	5.9 ± 2.3	6.0 ± 2.1	0.072	5.6 ± 2.1	6.0 ± 2.5	6.0 ± 1.9	0.105
Alcohol
(kcal/d)	109.6 ± 114.8	134.6 ± 133.4	137.6 ± 138.0	0.571	106.4 ± 111.7	142.5 ± 130.6^a	204.4 ± 172.9^a,b	<0.001
(%E)	4.1 ± 4.3	5.0 ± 5.0	5.0 ± 5.1	0.877	4.0 ± 4.2	5.3 ± 4.8	7.4 ± 6.3^a,b	0.003
Ca (mg/d)	990.2 ± 643.6	980.2 ± 394.5	1036.2 ± 397.7	0.408	970.2 ± 567.9	1021.5 ± 402.5	1070.8 ± 440.0	0.099
Fe (mg/d)	15.9 ± 4.4	16.0 ± 4.93	17.6 ± 5.4	0.068	15.8 ± 4.2	16.2 ± 5.9	17.6 ± 5.1^a	0.030
Cholesterol	99.4 ± 38.4	106.9 ± 39.3	119.1 ± 36.4^a	0.030	101.2 ± 39.8	105.4 ± 35.3	124.7 ± 36.0^a,b	0.007

Results of ANCOVA's with age, time health related sports and time watching TV as covariatesa
^a P < 0.05 vs. BMI < 25 kg/m²
^b P < 0.05 vs. BMI 25–30 kg/m²

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