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Table 2 Metabolic syndrome components and prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its risk factors by categories of dietary total antioxidant capacity: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study¹

From: Dietary total antioxidant capacity and the occurrence of metabolic syndrome and its components after a 3-year follow-up in adults: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

 

( n  = 1938)

 Q1 

 Q2 

 Q3 

 Q4 

P2

Total antioxidant capacity

     

Range

< 842

842-958

959-1080

> 1080

 

Median

764

906

1014

1161

 

Waist circumference (cm)

90 ± 0.5

89.0 ± 0.5

89 ± 0.5

89 ± 0.5

0.44

Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)

93 ± 1.1

91 ± 1.1

91 ± 1.1

90 ± 1.1

0.46

Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)

148 ± 3.7

142 ± 3.7

143 ± 3.7

137 ± 3.7

0.24

HDL-c (mg/dl)

42.2 ± 0.4

41.8 ± 0.4

42.2 ± 0.4

42.5 ± 0.4

0.71

SBP (mmHg)

112 ± 0.6

112 ± 0.6

111 ± 0.6

111 ± 0.6

0.75

DBP (mmHg)

74 ± 0.4

74 ± 0.4

73 ± 0.4

73 ± 0.4

0.12

Abdominal obesity (%)

44.2

43.7

46.5

38.8

0.10

Hypertriglyceridemia (%)

34.5

31.8

30.7

31.1

0.57

Low HDL-c (%)

49.2

50.9

51.2

47.6

0.65

Hyperglycemia (%)

22.7

25.2

24.1

28.0

0.28

Hypertension (%)

12.6

17.4

14.5

15.5

0.20

Metabolic syndrome (%)

24.6

27.5

27.4

25.9

0.69

  1. 1 Data are age-adjusted mean ± SEM.
  2. 2P for trend across quartiles of dietary phytochemical index was calculated using Chi square test or linear regression models with adjustment for sex and age.