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

Table 5 Associations between changes in Mediterranean Diet Score 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
Mediterranean Diet Score-Waist circumference	−0.157*	0.025	−0.025	0.139	0.005	0.000	−0.132	0.198
Mediterranean Diet Score-Body Mass Index	−0.174*	0.030	−0.078	0.171	−0.033	0.001	−0.143	0.261
Mediterranean Diet Score-Total cholesterol	−0.031	0.001	−0.024	0.062	0.036	0.001	0.042	0.073
Mediterranean Diet Score-HDL cholesterol	−0.014	0.000	0.023	0.187	0.049	0.002	0.024	0.081
Mediterranean Diet Score-LDL cholesterol	−0.023	0.001	−0.051	0.067	−0.008	0.000	0.022	0.118
Mediterranean Diet Score-Ratio Total/HDL cholesterol	−0.041	0.002	−0.051	0.157	−0.041	0.002	−0.010	0.129
Mediterranean Diet Score-Triglycerides	0.021	0.000	0.063	0.073	0.026	0.001	0.003	0.049

*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_2peak relative and residual change waist circumference for the association with blood lipids