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Table 2 Baseline descriptive characteristics of each dietary group of postmenopausal women

From: Vegan diet and blood lipid profiles: a cross-sectional study of pre and postmenopausal women

Variable

Vegans(n = 63)

Ovo-lacto vegetarians(n = 51)

Omnivores(n = 1,040)

P-value

Age (yrs)

62.1 ± 10.0

62.8 ± 9.7

62.2 ± 10.5

0.910

WC (cm)

80.1 ± 8.5

81.2 ± 9.6

81.8 ± 9.9

0.383

HC (cm)

95.7 ± 7.2

98.8 ± 8.5

97.8 ± 8.7

0.113

WHR

0.84 ± 0.07

0.82 ± 0.05

0.84 ± 0.07

0.294

SBP (mmHg)

126.6 ± 18.8

126.3 ± 16.1

127.2 ± 20.3

0.936

DBP (mmHg)

77.0 ± 9.9

76.3 ± 10.3

77.8 ± 10.6

0.508

FPG (mg/dL)

99.6 ± 30.6

108.6 ± 40.1

103.9 ± 37.0

0.451

UA (mg/dL)

5.8 ± 1.5

6.0 ± 1.7

6.0 ± 1.7

0.676

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.8 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.6

0.286

HDL-C (mg/dL)

56.5 ± 11.6

55.4 ± 14.8

61.0 ± 16.1c

0.007*

LDL-C (mg/dL)

121.4 ± 28.9

128.9 ± 37.5

129.3 ± 27.4

0.107

APO-A1 (mg/dL)

155.7 ± 21.1

151.3 ± 18.8

157.4 ± 27.4

0.293

APO-B (mg/dL)

94.4 ± 26.2

97.7 ± 32.1

101.2 ± 25.1

0.096

TG (mg/dL)

140.8 ± 65.2

162.2 ± 103.6

141.1 ± 84.5

0.245

TC (mg/dL)

191.3 ± 35.4

198.9 ± 51.5

204.8 ± 38.3a

0.023*

TC/HDL-C

3.50 ± 0.89

3.74 ± 1.00

3.54 ± 1.03

0.417

LDL-C/HDL-C

2.23 ± 0.67

2.43 ± 0.73

2.26 ± 0.77

0.326

TG/HDL-C

2.78 ± 2.03

3.41 ± 3.05

2.68 ± 2.47

0.140

  1. APO-A1:Apolipoprotein A1; APO- B: Apolipoprotein B; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; FPG: Fasting plasma glucose; HC: Hip Circumference; HDL-C:High density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C:Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides; WC: Waist Circumference; WHR: Waist to hip ratio; UA: Uric acid.
  2. Values are presented as mean ± S.D.
  3. *Significant difference for diet type, P < 0.05 (ANOVA test).
  4. aSignificantly different from Vegans and Omnivores.
  5. Significantly different from Vegans and Ovo-lacto Vegetarians.
  6. cSignificantly different from Ovo-lacto Vegetarians and Omnivores.