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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population according to consumption of red and processed meat (in g/day) in overweight and obese women (n = 231)

From: The association between consumption of red and processed meats with metabolic syndrome and its components in obese and overweight women: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Red meat

P-value

P-value*

Processed meat

P-value

P- value*

Low (<  16.3243 g) N = 196

High (>  16.3243 g) N = 195

Low (<  6.4888 g) N = 196

High (>  6.4888 g) N = 195

Age (years)

37.32 ± 9.58

36.072 ± 8.79

0.18

0.50

37.52 ± 8.12

35.41 ± 8.66

0.05

0.26

PA (MET-minutes/week)

1025.97 ± 1473.95

1380.77 ± 2586.03

0.18

0.22

1067.564 ± 1791.97

906.010 ± 868.99

0.41

0.26

Anthropometric variables

Weight(kg)

81.47 ± 12.72

80.86 ± 11.81

0.61

0.01

79.895 ± 11.723

80.458 ± 12.418

0.72

0.29

Height(cm)

160.76 ± 6.18

161.54 ± 5.56

0.19

0.54

160.854 ± 6.427

161.182 ± 5.544

0.67

0.62

BMI (kg/m2)

31.51 ± 4.37

31.03 ± 4.22

0.26

0.01

30.83 ± 3.94

31.08 ± 4.42

0.65

0.39

Body composition

BFM (kg)

35.23 ± 9.02

34.22 ± 8.44

0.25

0.01

33.20 ± 7.93

34.12 ± 9.12

0.41

0.62

FFM (kg)

46.29 ± 5.75

46.71 ± 5.58

0.46

0.23

46.62 ± 5.97

46.66 ± 5.28

0.96

0.22

HC (cm)

114.66 ± 10.44

113.62 ± 9.03

0.49

0.04

111.92 ± 7.62

114.53 ± 10.91

0.14

0.27

WHR (cm)

1.40 ± 6.52

0.93 ± 0.05

0.30

0.10

0.92 ± 0.05

1.71 ± 8.45

0.32

0.52

SMM (kg)

25.45 ± 3.53

25.63 ± 3.31

0.59

0.21

25.56 ± 3.50

25.65 ± 3.16

0.84

0.20

SLM (kg)

43.47 ± 5.53

44.03 ± 5.26

0.31

0.44

43.97 ± 5.60

43.99 ± 4.99

0.97

0.22

VFA (cm2)

179.04 ± 123.89

163.36 ± 39.68

0.09

0.04

159.92 ± 37.66

175.38 ± 159.20

0.31

0.98

VFL

16.17 ± 3.12

17.32 ± 17.08

0.35

0.10

15.30 ± 3.36

18.24 ± 22.04

0.16

0.89

FFMI

17.88 ± 1.54

18.54 ± 9.43

0.33

0.43

17.96 ± 1.46

17.94 ± 1.42

0.91

0.09

FMI

13.73 ± 3.47

13.16 ± 3.31

0.09

0.01

12.91 ± 3.10

13.16 ± 3.48

0.56

0.75

Biochemical parameters

CHOL (mg/dl)

184.48 ± 33.99

185.75 ± 38.30

0.78

0.33

178.74 ± 33.75

181.12 ± 30.63

0.61

0.41

TG (mg/dl)

121.33 ± 61.13

115.52 ± 58.62

0.45

0.50

116.80 ± 60.76

121.44 ± 58.25

0.59

0.54

HDL-c (mg/dl)

47.26 ± 10.40

46.39 ± 11.26

0.53

0.99

46.35 ± 10.35

47.46 ± 8.60

0.42

0.54

LDL-c (mg/dl)

95.75 ± 24.78

94.37 ± 23.72

0.65

0.36

97.13 ± 22.34

99.18 ± 23.23

0.53

0.55

OMA-IR

3.38 ± 1.30

3.30 ± 1.27

0.63

0.87

3.36 ± 1.49

3.23 ± 1.22

0.51

0.95

Qualitative variables

Marital status

        

Single

32 (48.6)

34 (51.4)

0.66

0.26

33 (51.6)

30 (48.4)

0.76

0.67

Married

84 (51.1)

81 (48.9)

83 (49.4)

85 (50.6)

Economic status

        

Weak

36 (65.9)

18 (34.1)

0.002

0.001

32 (59.6)

21 (40.4)

0.22

0.08

Medium

53 (47.8)

58 (52.2)

53 (45.2)

64 (54.8)

Good

27 (41.1)

39 (58.9)

31 (50.8)

30 (49.2)

  1. Abbreviations: PA Physical activity, BFM Body fat mass, BMI Body mass index, FFM Fat-free mass, FFMI Fat-free mass index, FMI Fat mass index, CHOL cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HC Hip circumference, HOMA-IR Homeostasis model insulin resistance, LDL-c Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SLM Soft lean mass, SMM Skeletal muscle mass, VFA Visceral fat area, VFL Visceral fat level, WHR Waist to hip ratio
  2. All data are presented as mean ± SD or N (%)
  3. * P-value reported after adjusting total age, energy intake, BMI, and PA (BMI consider a collinear variable)
  4. p-value < 0.05 is considered as a significance level and p-value 0.05, 0.06 and 0.07 consider as marginal significant, and they are shown in the form of bold
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