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Table 2 DASH score, dietary intakes, anthropometric measurements, and biochemical characteristics of adolescents with and without metabolic syndrome

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

 

Children without metabolic syndrome

N = 76

Children with metabolic

Syndrome

N = 14

P-value

1DASH score

23.69(5.00)

23.53(7.00)

0.90

Total calorie intake (Kcal/day)

2160.17(760.96)

2047.21(587.95)

0.61

Total protein intake (gr/day)

70.73(27.39)

72.72(21.34)

0.080

Total carbohydrate intake (gr/day)

311.73(110.96)

297.90(82.38)

0.67

Total fat intake (gr/day)

72.66(29.03)

66.94(25.18)

0.50

Saturated fatty acid Intake (g/day)

22.51(9.56)

20.60(8.11)

0.50

Total cholesterol intake (mg/day) *

174(150.37)

203.38(110.62)

0.32

Total fiber intake(gr/day) *

44.57(34.72)

40.57(30.23)

0.42

Fruit group

220.95(130.70)

182.57(90.39)

0.26

Vegetable group *

199.45(145.05)

173.26(111.30)

0.77

Legumes and nuts *

34.06(43.96)

37.59(46.90)

0.80

Low-fat dairy *

180.05(192.26)

113.04(103.29)

0.33

Whole grain

127.84(66.20)

110.59(60.61)

0.41

Red meat and processed meat *

17.93(14.48)

16.42(14.35)

0.30

Sodium intake (mg) *

3417.90(1637.60)

3590.43(1748.20)

0.26

Potassium intake (mg)*

2761.18(1334.02)

2693.25(842.44)

0.53

Magnesium intake (mg)

363.59(140.31)

351.02(91.20)

0.88

TG (mg/dl)

108.29(47.03)

202.50(59.51)

< 0.001

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

157.03(30.30)

168.35(33.95)

0.21

LDL- cholesterol (mg/dl)

125.59(28.15)

120.77(33.24)

0.56

HDL- cholesterol (mg/dl)

48.91(9.83)

35.42(3.93)

< 0.001

FFM (kg)

41.38(13.21)

55.71(14.24)

0.001

FM (kg)*

13.05 (11.56)

29.25(11.80)

< 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

100.52(11.60)

120.03(11.00)

< 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

63.80(9.5.20)

75.35(7.7.14)

< 0.001

  1. *Median (IQR = Q3-Q1). Mann-Whitney U test
  2. 1DASH: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; FFM: Fat-free mass; FM: Fat
  3. mass; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; TG: triglycerides