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Table 2 Demographic, lifestyle, and clinical characteristics of males and females by tertile of Mediterranean diet score

From: Adherence to the Mediterranean diet moderates the association of aminotransferases with the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome; the ATTICA study

 

Mediterranean Diet score

Males, n = 1514

Low

Moderate

High

p

Subjects, n

767

587

160

 

Age, years

53 ± 12

40 ± 8

29 ± 9

< 0.001

Physical inactivity (n), %

(314) 41

(235) 40

(80) 50

0.059

Current smoking (n), %

(330) 43

(299) 51

(80) 50

0.005

Metabolic syndrome (n), %

36

16

8

<0.001

Hypertension (n), %

(368) 48

(164) 28

(19) 12

< 0.001

Hypercholesterolemia (n), %

(360) 47

(246) 42

(29) 18

< 0.001

Diabetes (n), %

(100) 13

(17) 3

(2) 1

< 0.001

Overweight (n), %

(409) 53

(358) 61

(27) 24

< 0.001

Obesity (n), %

(272) 36

(28) 5

(1) 1

< 0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

29 ± 4

26 ± 2

23 ± 2

< 0.001

γ – GT (IU/L)

27 ± 14

27 ± 9

19 ± 7

0.059

AST (IU/L)

27 ± 13

27 ± 9

25 ± 12

0.74

ALT (IU/L)

24 ± 14

25 ± 12

21 ± 13

0.45

AST/ALT ratio

1.28 ± 0.45

1.17 ± 0.43

1.33 ± 0.46

0.19

Females

Low

Moderate

High

p

Subjects, n

246

428

854

 

Age, years

60 ± 13

53 ± 10

36 ± 10

< 0.001

Physical inactivity (n), %

(79) 32

(150) 35

(359) 42

0.08

Current smoking (n), %

(61) 25

(163) 38

(376) 44

< 0.001

Metabolic syndrome (n), %

38

24

4

<0.001

Hypertension, (n), %

(125) 51

(154) 36

(77) 9

< 0.001

Hypercholesterolemia (n),%

(130) 53

(210) 49

(25) 3

< 0.001

Diabetes (n), %

(44) 18

(38) 9

(8) 1

< 0.001

Overweight (n), %

(84) 34

(247) 58

(131) 15

< 0.001

Obesity (n), %

(139) 57

(89) 21

(8) 1

< 0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

31 ± 5

27 ± 3

22 ± 2

< 0.001

γ – GT (IU/L)

20 ± 10

20 ± 18

16 ± 8

0.005

AST (IU/L)

24 ± 9

25 ± 13

22 ± 9

0.01

ALT (IU/L)

19 ± 8

20 ± 14

16 ± 8

0.001

AST/ALT ratio

1.31 ± 0.45

1.39 ± 0.71

1.44 ± 0.53

0.29

  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean values ± standard deviation, while categorical variables are presented as absolute number and frequencies.
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