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Table 1 General characteristics and cardiometabolic risk factors comparison of the adolescents with a high and low DASH score

From: The association of dietary approaches to stop hypertension measured by the food frequency questionnaire with metabolic syndrome and some inflammatory biomarkers in adolescents with obesity: a case-control study

 

Adolescents with a low DASH score

Adolescents with a high DASH score

P- value

Proportion of boy to girl

44/33

46/57

0.19

Age (year)

14.02 (2.85)

13.50 (2.62)

0.18

Weight (kg)

61.71 (21.70)

58.97 (19.50)

0.34

Height (cm)

160.05 (14.47)

158.42 (12.38)

0.38

BMI (kg/m2)

23.56 (6.42)

23.00 (5.70)

0.51

WC (cm)

83.57 (16.00)

79.97 (15.48)

0.10

HC (cm)

94.38 (17.52)

95.95 (14.01)

0.81

Physical activity(MET-h/week)

15.11(6.25)

14.11(5.61)

0.37

Birth Weight(gr)

3164.10(701.51)

3297.39(612.50)

0.21

#Paternal Obesity(YES) n (%)

35(38.8)

37(41.1)

0.41

#Maternal Obesity(YES) n (%)

50(55.5)

40(44.5)

0.06

SBP (mmHg)

106.94 (12.49)

104.01 (11.22)

0.51

DBP (mmHg)

63.37 (9.9)

63.70 (1.021)

0.90

FFM (kg)

43.34(13.39)

41.56(12.66)

0.37

FM (kg)

16.68(10.63)

15.61(9.41)

0. 45

$FBG (mg/dL)

78.18 (5.51)

77.18 (6.47)

0.52

$Insulin (µUI/mL) *

7.20 (7.98)

5.50 (8.50)

0.24

$TG (mg/dL)

126.85 (66.23)

120.43 (53.50)

0.61

$HDL-c (mg/dL)

46.33 (9.61)

47.57 (11.23)

0.57

$LDL-c(mg/dL)

121.71(26.90)

128.2(35.2)

0.30

$IL-10 *

261.20 (244.85)

281.05 (407.03)

0.70

$IL-1beta *

994.50 (948.50)

953.7 (1424.02)

0.82

$Hs-CRP *

0.95 (2.54)

0.71 (2.08)

0.14

  1. *Median (IQR = Q3-Q1), Mann-Whitney U test
  2. # n (%) Chi-Square test
  3. 1BMI: Body mass index; DASH: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; HC: Hip circumference; hs-CRP: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IL: Interleukins; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; TG: triglycerides; WC: Waist circumference
  4. $DASH < 24 N = 45 / DASH > 24 N = 45