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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
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