Table 1 General characteristics of study population among tertiles of the LLDS score

Demographic characteristic

Age (Y)

34.66 ± 8.66 ^a

35.89 ± 8.36

38.08 ± 7.98 ^a

0.06

0.03

PA (MET-min/week)

1046.03 ± 1953.25

1058.70 ± 1287.57

1389.63 ± 2207.04

0.50

0.45

Anthropometry and Body Composition

Weight (kg)

78.81 ± 11.39

78.44 ± 9.10

81.03 ± 10.72

0.30

0.10

Height (cm)

162.27 ± 5.57

160.32 ± 5.57

161.29 ± 5.47

0.09

0.75

WC (cm)

95.22 ± 10.33

93.32 ± 15.81

96.22 ± 96.22

0.64

0.64

HC (cm)

112.93 ± 9.17

112.96 ± 6.90

114.29 ± 8.14

0.62

0.50

BMI (kg/)

29.91 ± 3.71

30.65 ± 3.47

30.98 ± 3.44

0.18

0.23

WHR

0.93 ± 0.05

0.92 ± 0.04

0.93 ± 0.05

0.81

0.41

BF (%)

40.75 ± 4.41

41.58 ± 5.08

40.94 ± 4.99

0.70

0.99

BFM (kg)

32.36 ± 7.39

32.94 ± 6.57

33.35 ± 7.37

0.16

0.62

FFM (kg)

46.36 ± 5.29

45.81 ± 5.35

47.48 ± 5.62

0.04

0.44

VFL

15.03 ± 3.22

15.43 ± 3.23

15.37 ± 3.33

0.69

0.43

FMI (kg)

12.30 ± 2.70

12.87 ± 2.75

13.01 ± 3.00

0.29

0.71

FFMI (kg)

17.60 ± 1.46

17.75 ± 1.50

18.19 ± 1.34

0.24

0.36

Categorical variables^*

Education

0.41

0.40

Under diploma

9 (37.5)

7 (29.2)

8 (33.3)

Diploma

19 (29.7)

22 (34.4)

23 (35.9)

Above diploma

46 (36.2)

51 (40.2)

30 (23.6)

Marital status

0.68

0.31

Single

17 (36.2)

19 (40.4)

11 (23.4)

Married

57 (33.9)

61 (36.3)

50 (29.8)

Job

0.54

0.13

Non-employed

44 (32.4)

51 (37.5)

41 (30.1)

Employed

29 (38.7)

28 (37.3)

18 (24.0)

Economic status

0.22

0.19

Poor

14 (25.5)

23 (41.8)

18 (32.7)

Moderate

32 (34.8)

39 (42.4)

21 (22.8)

Good

24 (42.9)

16 (28.6)

16 (28.6)