| Diet quality according to Brief Diet Quality Assessment Tool | |||||
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All | Women | Men | ||||
High (N = 373) | Low (N = 567) | High (N = 227) | Low (N = 251) | High (N = 146) | Low (N = 316) | |
AHEI score (/110) | 71.5 (11.4) | 53.1 (11.2)c | 72.3 (11.5) | 55.2 (10.2)c | 70.2 (11.1) | 51.4 (11.6)c |
Age (years) | 46.2 (13.5) | 42.5 (13.1)c | 45.9 (13.4) | 41.7 (13.2)c | 46.5 (13.5) | 43.1 (13.0)b |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25.9 (5.2) | 28.6 (6.5)c | 25.3 (5.2) | 28.9 (7.3)c | 26.8 (5.1) | 28.5 (5.8)b |
Waist circumference (cm) | 87.3 (14.6) | 96.0 (16.6)c | 83.0 (13.1) | 92.1 (16.7)c | 93.9 (14.4) | 99.1 (15.8)c |
Percent fat (%) | 28.9 (9.1) | 30.2 (10.4)a | 33.0 (7.5) | 37.3 (8.7)c | 22.6 (7.6) | 24.6 (7.9)b |
Blood pressure (mmHg) | ||||||
 Systolic | 114.9 (14.6) | 119.9 (13.6)c | 110.8 (14.2) | 115.2 (13.8)c | 121.3 (12.6) | 123.6 (12.3) |
 Diastolic | 71.3 (9.9) | 75.3 (10.1)c | 69.8 (10.0) | 74.1 (10.1)c | 73.6 (9.3) | 76.3 (10.0)b |
Lipids (mmol/l) | ||||||
 TG | 1.2 (0.7) | 1.5 (1.1)c | 1.2 (0.7) | 1.4 (1.0)a | 1.2 (0.7) | 1.5 (1.1)c |
 LDL-cholesterol | 2.8 (0.9) | 2.9 (0.9) | 2.8 (1.0) | 2.9 (0.9) | 2.8 (0.8) | 2.9 (0.9) |
 HDL-cholesterol | 1.5 (0.5) | 1.4 (0.4)c | 1.6 (0.5) | 1.5 (0.4)c | 1.4 (0.4) | 1.3 (0.4)b |
 Chol/HDL-Cholesterol | 3.4 (1.1) | 3.8 (1.4)c | 3.3 (1.2) | 3.7 (1.4)b | 3.6 (1.1) | 4.0 (1.3)b |
Glucose (mmol/L) | 5.1 (0.7) | 5.3 (1.0)a | 5.1 (0.7) | 5.1 (0.8) | 5.3 (0.7) | 5.4 (1.3) |
Insulin (pmol/L) | 88.1 (49.8) | 107.0 (77.6)c | 86.1 (54.6) | 103.6 (60.4)c | 91.3 (41.0) | 109.7 (88.9)b |