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Table 1 Demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics of the participants in different tertiles of the adherence to the DASH dietary pattern scores

From: The association between adherence to a dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet and neuro-psychological function in young women

Variables T1
n = 56 (30.9%)
range: 12–22
T2
n = 63 (34.8%)
range: 22–26
T3
n = 62 (34.3%)
range: 26–33
P value a
Age (y) 20.8 ± 1.9 20.6 ± 1.5 20.9 ± 1.8 0.67
BMI (Kg/m2) 20.2 ± 2.3 20.4 ± 2.6 21.9 ± 3.4 0.006
Parent death, n (%) 3 (5.4) 1 (1.6) 1 (1.6) 0.36
Parent divorce, n (%) 2 (3.6) 1 (1.6) 3 (4.8) 0.60
  1. Abbreviations: Body mass index (BMI)
  2. Data presented as Mean ± SD
  3. a p-value from analysis of the variance (ANOVA) for groups comparison