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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population according to quartiles of TI

From: Association between dietary fat quality indices with anthropometric measurements in children and adolescents

  

TI Quartiles

  
  

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

p-value

Number

 

1080

1081

1081

1081

4323

 

Gender, Number (%)

boy

576(25.4)a

569(25.1)

552(24.3)

573(25.2)

2270

0.726

 

girl

504(24.5)

512(24.9)

529(25.8)

508(24.7)

2053

 

Region, Number (%)

rural

362(29.2)

327(26.3)

285(23.0)

267(21.5)

1241

< 0.001

 

urban

718(23.3)

754(24.5)

796(25.8)

814(26.4)

3082

 

Age (years)

 

11.70 ± 3.21b

11.44 ± 3.11

11.38 ± 3.22

11.06 ± 3.22

11.39 ± 3.19803

< 0.001

PA

 

42.60 ± 13.54

44.25 ± 12.91

43.79 ± 11.80

44.89 ± 11.72

43.88 ± 12.53977

< 0.001

LI (mEq/day)

 

22.19 ± 2.11

25.22 ± 1.33

27.27 ± 1.11

30.41 ± 1.84

26.27 ± 3.41752

< 0.001

TI (mEq/day)

 

0.70 ± 0.10

0.93 ± 0.05

1.12 ± 0.06

1.48 ± 0.22

1.06 ± .31282

< 0.001

BMI Z-score

 

-0.04 ± 0.95

-0.04 ± 0.92

0.05 ± 1.06

0.02 ± 1.04

0.00 ± .99708

0.076

Weight Z-score

 

-0.02 ± 1.02

-0.04 ± 0.94

0.03 ± 1.03

0.03 ± 1.01

0.00 ± .99710

0.283

Height Z-score

 

-0.15 ± 0.89

-0.09 ± 1.04

-0.12 ± 0.97

-0.03 ± 1.18

-0.09 ± 1.02442

0.038

Wrist Z-score

 

0.04 ± 1.08

-0.04 ± 0.94

-0.01 ± 1.00

0.00 ± 0.97

0.00 ± 1.00

0.306

NC Z-score

 

0.06 ± 1.03

-0.04 ± 0.96

0.01 ± 1.01

-0.03 ± 0.98

0.00 ± 1.00

0.098

WC Z-score

 

0.00 ± 1.07

-0.03 ± 0.94

0.01 ± 1.01

0.03 ± 0.97

0.00 ± 1.00

0.594

HC Z-score

 

0.01 ± 1.03

-0.04 ± 0.97

0.02 ± 0.98

0.01 ± 1.01

0.00 ± 1.00

0.47

WHR (cm)

 

0.83 ± 0.11

0.83 ± 0.13

0.82 ± 0.08

0.83 ± 0.09

0.83 ± .10668

0.27

WHtR (cm)

 

0.45 ± 0.07

0.45 ± 0.06

0.46 ± 0.07

0.46 ± 0.07

0.45 ± .06468

0.372

TMI (kg/m3)

 

12.87 ± 3.13

12.87 ± 4.17

13.28 ± 4.96

13.20 ± 5.70

13.06 ± 4.59

0.069

TMI Z-score

 

-0.03 ± 0.89

-0.03 ± 0.98

0.04 ± 1.05

0.02 ± 1.06

0.00 ± 1.00

0.29

ABSI

 

0.79 ± 0.09

0.78 ± 0.08

0.78 ± 0.09

0.79 ± 0.08

0.78 ± 0.08

0.285

  1. TI thrombogenic index, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HC hip circumference, NC neck circumference, WHR waist to hip ratio, WHtR waist to height ratio, PA physical activity, TMI, tri-ponderal mass index, ABSI a body shape index
  2. a Number (%), b mean±SD. P values for the comparisons between quantitative variables were derived using the ANOVA, while for the comparisons of categorical variables the χ 2 test was used