Variables | Tertiles of HBI | ||||
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T1 (< 63) N = 72 | T2 (63–67) N = 76 | T3 (> 67) N = 51 | P-value | P-value* | |
Demographic characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age (y) | 35.84 (8.55) | 36.55 (8.92) | 35.46 (8.07) | 0.771 | 0644 |
IPAQ (MET min-week) | 1045.83 (1990.33) | 1129.33 (1207.18) | 2147.35 (3861.09) | 0.044 | 0.048 |
Anthropometric and body composition measurements | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Weight (kg) | 80.61 (11.27) | 78.73 (13.10) | 81.48 (10.08) | 0.403 | 0.102 |
Height (cm) | 161.83 (5.65) | 160.32 (5.53) | 161.88 (6.17) | 0.198 | 0.149 |
WC (cm) | 93.78 (16.63) | 94.16 (10.98) | 99.28 (21.61) | 0.184 | 0.148 |
HC (cm) | 114.33 (9.87) | 113.25 (10.18) | 115.17 (8.63) | 0.590 | 0.697 |
NC (cm) | 36.72 (2.17) | 36.55 (2.08) | 38.64 (3.20) | 0.021 | 0.066 |
BFM (%) | 33.31 (8.01) | 33.10 (9.02) | 34.13 (7.10) | 0.781 | 0.639 |
FFM (%) | 47.31 (5.59)a | 45.85 (5.74) | 47.18 (5.10) | 0.229 | 0.011 |
BMC (g) | 2.73 (0.35)a | 2.61 (0.35) | 2.69 (0.32) | 0.116 | 0.022 |
SMM (%) | 25.96 (3.31)a | 25.14 (3.42) | 25.93 (3.04) | 0.253 | 0.011 |
SLM (%) | 44.58 (5.26)a | 43.24 (5.43) | 43.87 (5.20) | 0.315 | 0.011 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 30.77 (3.98) | 30.72 (4.71) | 31.07 (3.89) | 0.896 | 0.835 |
BF (%) | 40.93 (5.50) | 41.28 (5.16) | 41.06 (6.12) | 0.926 | 0.944 |
WHR | 0.93 (0.05) | 0.93 (0.05) | 0.94 (0.04) | 0.249 | 0.821 |
FFMI | 18.03 (1.54)a | 17.82 (1.60) | 20.64 (18.60) | 0.220 | 0.036 |
FMI | 12.79 (3.13) | 12.91 (3.50) | 13.27 (3.19) | 0.728 | 0.929 |
IW (L) | 21.44 (2.54)a | 20.84 (2.63) | 21.43 (2.31) | 0.276 | 0.037 |
EW (L) | 13.30 (1.59)a | 12.91 (1.67) | 13.24 (1.46) | 0.297 | 0.024 |
Blood pressure | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
SBP (mmHg) | 113.70 (11.23) | 111.41 (14.20) | 111.53 (13.53) | 0.522 | 0.205 |
DBP (mmHg) | 79.94 (8.27) | 77.35 (11.35) | 76.75 (9.65) | 0.163 | 0.269 |
Biochemical variables | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
FBS (mg/dl) | 86.61 (9.96) | 86.07 (8.78) | 88.42 (10.07) | 0.405 | 0.670 |
TC (mg/dl) | 179.23 (31.21) | 181.82 (38.41) | 199.06 (40.96) | 0.011 | 0.125 |
TG (mg/dl) | 131.90 (69.16) | 112 (55.55) | 118.63 (60.76) | 0.158 | 0.089 |
HDL_C (mg/dl) | 44.25 (8.59)a | 48.97 (11.35) | 44.49 (13.16) | 0.019 | 0.033 |
LDL_C (mg/dl) | 98.96 (21.22) | 95.53 (25.98) | 81.96 (23.43)b | 0.001 | 0.021 |
AST (IU/L) | 18.07 (7.45) | 17.76 (8.10) | 17.98 (6.70) | 0.968 | 0.693 |
ALT (IU/L) | 20.31 (13.36) | 20 (15.48) | 18.38 (10.09) | 0.732 | 0.778 |
Hs-CRP (mg/l) | 5 (5.12) | 4.36 (4.77) | 3.81 (3.97) | 0.420 | 0.920 |
Insulin (µU/ml) | 1.24 (0.24) | 1.22 (0.26) | 1.21 (0.20) | 0.812 | 0.579 |
HOMA index | 3.22 (1.33) | 3.43 (1.44) | 3.64 (1.67) | 0.265 | 0.535 |
ISQIUKI (mg/l) | 0.50 (0.02) | 0.50 (0.02) | 0.50 (0.03) | 0.714 | 0.865 |
Economic category | Â | Â | 0.310 | 0.081 | Â |
Poor (< 5,000,000 Rials) | 26 (49.1) | 16 (30.2) | 11 (20.8) |  |  |
Moderate | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
(5,000,000–15,000,000 Rials) | 26 (34.7) | 33 (44) | 16 (21.3) |  |  |
Good (> 15,000,000 Rials) | 17 (32.7) | 20 (38.5) | 15 (28.8) |  |  |
Education category | Â | Â | 0.953 | 0.377 | Â |
Illiterate | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | Â | Â |
Under diploma | 8 (38.1) | 8 (38.1) | 8 (38.1) | Â | Â |
Diploma | 28 (37.8) | 25 (33.8) | 21 (28.4) | Â | Â |
Bachelor and higher | 34 (35.8) | 40 (42.1) | 21 (22.1) | Â | Â |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | 0.077 | 0.009 |
Single | 10 (23.3) | 22 (51.2) | 11 (25.6) | Â | Â |
Married | 61 (40.7) | 52 (34.7) | 37 (24.7) | Â | Â |
Supplement intake | Â | Â | Â | 0.520 | 0.240 |
Yes | 42 (50.6) | 33 (39.8) | 8 (9.6) | Â | Â |
No | 25 (41) | 29 (47.5) | 7 (11.5) | Â | Â |
Job category | Â | Â | Â | 0.598 | 0.444 |
Employed | 44 (39.3) | 40 (35.7) | 28 (25) | Â | Â |
Unemployed | 26 (33.8) | 33 (42.9) | 18 (23.4) | Â | Â |