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Table 3 Clinical and demographic characteristics of subjects with 2-day dietary recall used to calculate PDI

From: Plant-based dietary patterns and fasting insulin: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2017–2018

   

Total (n = 1714)

    

Overall

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

P-trend*

(n = 1714)a

(n = 361)b

(n = 308)c

(n = 345)d

(n = 369)e

(n = 331)f

 

Demographics

 Age, years

52 [36–64]

53 [35–63]

49 [33–63]

53 [36–65]

53 [38–65]

52 [38–63]

0.09

 Female, %

52.23

51.8

54.55

54.2

50.68

50.76

0.51

 Race/ethnicity, %

      

 < 0.0001

  Non-Hispanic White

35.59

33.24

37.99

38.55

37.67

30.51

 

  Non-Hispanic Black

23.75

34.9

32.79

22.32

15.18

14.2

 

  Mexican American

13.48

8.03

11.04

12.17

18.16

17.82

 

  Non-Hispanic Asian

12.08

6.37

7.47

10.43

14.63

21.45

 

  Other Hispanic

9.16

8.59

6.82

10.43

7.86

12.08

 

  Other Race—Including Multi-Racial

5.95

8.86

3.9

6.09

6.5

3.93

 

Clinical characteristics

 BMI (kg/m**2)

28.5 [24.7–33.5]

29.5 [24.7–34.6]

29.9 [25.1–34.8]

28.2 [24.5–33.3]

28.2 [24.8–32.8]

27.5 [ 24.1–31.7]

0.0001

 Waist

       

  Female, cm

97.5 [86.6–110.9]

101.8[88.2–114]

103[90.2–115.9]

94.9[86.2–107.2]

97.3[85.7–109]

93.5[85.5–102.4]

 < .0001

  Male, cm

100.1 [90.2–111.6]

101.1[91–115]

100.4[89.4–110.5]

101.4[87.9–115.1]

98.9[91.1–106.8]

100.2[90.3–110.4]

0.3

 HDL, cholesterol

  Female (mg/dl)

55 [47–66]

53[46–64]

54[47–65]

56[48–67]

56[47–66]

59[50–69.5]

0.0002

  Male (mg/dl)

46 [40–56]

44 [39–57]

48[40–57]

46[40–55]

46[40–54]

47[41–57]

0.62

  Triglycerides (mg/dl)

94 [63–136]

94[65–132]

93[63–140]

94[61–129]

91[61–140]

97[62–136]

0.8

  Fasting glucose(mg/dl)

104 [96–114]

104[96–114]

102[96–111.5]

104[97–114]

104[97–117]

104[96–114]

0.39

  Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

124 [112–136]

124[114–136]

124[114–136]

120[110–134]

124[114–136]

122[110–136]

0.22

  Diastolic blood Pressure (mmHg)

72 [66–80]

74[64–80]

74[67–80]

70[64–80]

74[66–80]

72[66–80]

0.67

  ALT (IU/L)

18 [13–26]

17 [12–25]

17 [12–25]

18 [13–27]

18 [13–27]

18 [14–25]

0.07

  Energy intake (kcal/d)

1922 [1448–2502]

1640 [1251–2083]

1826 [1399–2412]

1899 [1470–2455]

2083 [1595–2724]

2118 [1708–2729]

 < 0.0001

Outcome variables

 Insulin (μU/ml)

9.74 [6.20–15.56]

10.0 [6.5–15.9]

10.8[6.6–17]

9.5[6–15.3]

9.6 [6.2–14.2]

8.8 [5.9–15]

0.03

 PDI

7 [3–11]

0 [(-1)-2]

4 [3–5]

7 [6–8]

10 [9–11]

15 [14–18]

 
  1. Median and interquartile range [IQR 25th-75th]
  2. Waist circumference: obesity: men >  = 102 cm, women >  = 88 cm
  3. BMI Body mass index, PDI Plant-based diet index
  4. * P-values for trend were calculated with the use of Jonckheere-Terpstra, Cochran-Armitage, or Cochran-Mantel–Haenszel tests, where appropriate
  5. aBMI n = 1698, systolic and diastolic blood pressure n = 1537, ALT n = 1710
  6. bBMI n = 358, Waist n = 351, systolic and diastolic blood pressure n = 310, ALT n = 357
  7. cBMI n = 305, Waist n = 300, systolic and diastolic blood pressure n = 272
  8. dBMI n = 342, Waist n = 338, systolic and diastolic blood pressure n = 314
  9. eBMI n = 366, Waist n = 361, systolic/diastolic blood pressure n = 338
  10. fBMI n = 327, Waist n = 326, systolic and diastolic blood pressure n = 303