Table 1 |
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Demographics and other characteristics of the study sample of Cretan adults. |
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Men (N = 250) |
Women (N = 236) |
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Mean (SD) or % |
p value1 |
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Age (years) |
39 (14) |
39 (13) |
-2 |
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District of residence (% urban) |
86.4 |
85.6 |
- |
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Tobacco use (% current use) |
37.7 |
31.0 |
- |
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BMI (kg/m2) |
26.8 (3.5) |
26.1 (5.8) |
<0.001 |
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Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
129.4 (16.7) |
124.2 (20.3) |
<0.001 |
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Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
84.3 (10.0) |
79.2 (10.9) |
<0.001 |
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Total cholesterol (mg/dL) |
224.0 (50.3) |
221.7 (54.0) |
- |
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Triglycerides (mg/dL) |
128.2 (83.3) |
99.9 (56.9) |
<0.001 |
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HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) |
45.3 (9.8) |
56.5 (12.2) |
<0.001 |
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Energy intake (kcal/day) 3 |
2133 (793) |
1605 (629) |
<0.001 |
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Total fat (% energy)3 |
39.7 (9.8) |
40.2 (11.1) |
- |
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SFA (% energy) 3 |
11.5 (5.0) |
11.1 (4.9) |
- |
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Dietary cholesterol (mg/day)3 |
213.7 (157.4) |
153.6 (130.9) |
<0.001 |
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Dietary fibre (g/day)3 |
22.1 (11.3) |
18.7 (11.0) |
0.001 |
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1 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) or chi-squared test. 2 Not statistically significant. 3 N = 197 for men and N = 186 for women |
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Hatzis et al. Nutrition Journal 2006 5:5 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-5 |
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