Table 2 Participants’ characteristics and lipid profile by dietary pattern (Whole group)

Pattern 1

Pattern 2

T1 (low)

T2

T3 (high)

P for trend

T1 (low)

T2

T3 (high)

P for trend

Age (years)

63.50

61.73

65.00

0.034

63.27

63.27

63.74

0.913

Weight (kg)

68.92

65.67

65.82

0.448

67.60

69.48

63.43

0.094

BMI (kg/m²)

26.58

25.25

25.14

0.337

26.61

26.65

23.76

0.007

WC (cm)

80.72

78.27

79.22

0.736

80.32

82.20

75.82

0.102

AEE (kJ/min)

975.27

1063.51

1849.68

0.265

554.56

1498.53

1835.90

0.079

Energy Intake (kJ)

6397.32

8402.06

9881.90

 < 0.001

8607.27

8136.98

8009.05

0.704

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.64

5.79

5.78

0.813

5.59

5.69

5.94

0.362

TG (mmol/L)

1.32

1.47

1.50

0.679

1.40

1.42

1.47

0.958

HDL (mmol/L)

1.84

1.78

1.80

0.935

1.68

1.78

1.96

0.111

LDL (mmol/L)

3.20

3.33

3.29

0.871

3.27

3.25

3.31

0.974

Pattern 3

Pattern 4

T1 (low)

T2

T3 (high)

P for trend

T1 (low)

T2

T3 (high)

P for trend

Age (years)

63.35

62.92

64.00

0.698

62.96

63.92

63.41

0.759

Weight (kg)

64.60

66.23

69.44

0.227

64.67

66.88

68.75

0.365

BMI (kg/m²)

24.51

25.76

26.64

0.140

25.14

25.65

26.14

0.652

WC (cm)

76.59

78.03

83.43

0.062

77.74

78.98

81.40

0.486

AEE (kJ/min)

1879.96

737.96

1292.31

0.159

816.65

1798.88

1294.29

0.259

Energy Intake (kJ)

8366.46

7591.91

8765.82

0.279

7050.09

8632.63

9031.26

0.017

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.66

5.80

5.74

0.858

5.88

5.96

5.39

0.049

TG (mmol/L)

1.25

1.47

1.56

0.367

1.38

1.60

1.31

0.402

HDL (mmol/L)

1.90

1.76

1.77

0.552

1.83

1.72

1.87

0.538

LDL (mmol/L)

3.20

3.37

3.25

0.793

3.42

3.51

2.92

0.032