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Table 6 Lifestyle and cardiometabolic characteristics of PREDIMED-Plus participants at baseline according to tertiles of the sQ-HPF score

From: Integrative development of a short screening questionnaire of highly processed food consumption (sQ-HPF)

 

Tertiles of the sQ-HPF score

 

T1 (lowest)

T2

T3 (highest)

p1

n

1765

1223

1412

 

Weight (kg)

83.32 (12.31)

87.07 (13.07)

90.68 (13.10)

< 0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

105.92 (9.66)

107.92 (9.61)

109.83 (9.45)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

32.60 (3.50)

32.63 (3.43)

32.53 (3.38)

0.699

Glucose (mg/dL)

114.12 (29.86)

114.98 (29.89)

112.94 (29.48)

0.098

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

198.59 (38.18)

195.77 (37.63)

197.35 (38.78)

0.086

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

146.33 (72.04)

153.74 (76.26)

161.05 (90.55)

< 0.001

Sleep time (hours/day)

7.00 (1.24)

7.04 (1.23)

7.09 (1.16)

0.142

TV time (hours/day)

3.72 (1.82)

3.89 (1.92)

4.05 (2.02)

< 0.001

Sedentariness (%)

717 (40.6)

549 (44.9)

727 (51.5)

< 0.001

Binge eating (%)

114 (6.5)

80 (6.5)

119 (8.4)

0.066

N° binges/weeka

2.37 (1.73)

2.48 (1.83)

2.6 (1.81)

0.613

Snacking (%)

469 (26.6)

326 (26.7)

430 (30.5)

0.029

  1. Data shown as “mean (standard deviation, SD)” for continuous variables and as “number of subjects (%)” for categorical variables. One-way ANOVA test used for continuous variables and Chi-squared test used for categorical variables. Significant p-values (< 0.05) shown in bold
  2. BMI Body Mass Index, PA Physical activity
  3. 1For continuous variables, p-values are adjusted for age, sex, recruitment center, energy intake, physical activity level, medication for blood pressure and diabetes, working status, educational level, and civil status
  4. aNumber of binges per week is calculated for those who answered “yes” to the question “binge eating” (overall n = 313, n by tertiles: T1 = 114, T2 = 80, T3 = 119). N = 4400
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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