Table 4

Descriptive characteristics of study subjects

Non-tested
 Nutrigenetic patients
 p-value
Sample size
 43
 50
Gender % female
 41.9%
 44%
 0.99
% obese (BMI = 30 kg/m2)
 62.8%
 70%
 0.61
% Hypertension
 13.9%
 8.0%
 0.56

mean
 SD
 Q1-Q3
 mean
 SD
 Q1-Q3
BMI kg/m2
 33.1
 6.6
 (29.3–35.8)
 33.1
 6.7
 (29.5–36.9)
 0.98
Weight kg
 99.1
 24.9
 (83.6–110.8)
 96.5
 23.3
 (81.7–106.7)
 0.60
Age years
 45.8
 11.5
 (37–54.5)
 46.0
 12.1
 (36.5–54.7)
 0.92
Glucose mg/dL
 94.4
 11.5
 (87–99)
 91.8
 22.3
 (88–99)
 0.65*
Total cholesterol mg/dL
 205.8
 45.8
 (179–235)
 214.1
 53.0
 (191–246)
 0.37*
HDL mg/dL
 55.6
 28.0
 (45–61)
 50.0
 15.8
 (40–57)
 0.33*
LDL mg/dL
 135.0
 38.4
 (114–157)
 137.9
 50.1
 (111–165)
 0.64*
Insulin (mU/L)
 11.4
 8.0
 (5.5–15.2)
 13.0
 10.3
 (6.4–14.3)
 0.54*

* analysis of variance carried out on log-transformed variable.

Arkadianos et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:29   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-29

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