Longitudinal study on the association between three dietary indices, anthropometric parameters and blood lipids

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 6 Associations between changes in Diet Quality Index and changes in respectively anthropometric parameters (waist circumference, Body Mass Index) and blood lipids (total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, ratio total/HDL cholesterol, triglycerides)

	Men (N = 373)				Women (N = 197)
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2
	β	R²	β	R²	β	R²	β	R²
Diet Quality Index-Waist circumference	−0.138*	0.019	−0.140*	0.217	−0.018	0.000	0.076	0.129
Diet Quality Index-Body Mass Index	−0.135**	0.018	−0.129*	0.272	−0.016	0.000	0.049	0.154
Diet Quality Index-Total cholesterol	−0.086	0.007	−0.024	0.062	−0.045	0.002	−0.057	0.075
Diet Quality Index-HDL cholesterol	0.057	0.003	0.018	0.187	−0.004	0.000	0.016	0.080
Diet Quality Index-LDL cholesterol	−0.096	0.009	−0.062	0.069	−0.026	0.001	−0.049	0.120
Diet Quality Index-Ratio Total/HDL cholesterol	−0.097	0.009	−0.027	0.155	−0.016	0.000	−0.063	0.132
Diet Quality Index-Triglycerides	−0.024	0.001	0.068	0.074	−0.056	0.003	−0.039	0.051

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
Model 1: unadjusted
Model 2: adjusted for age, residual change score smoking, residual change score VO_2peakrelative and residual change waist circumference for the association with blood lipids

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