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Table 1 Anthropometric, physical activity and dietary data before and after quitting, CoLaus study, Lausanne, Switzerland

From: No changes in dietary intake after quitting smoking; a prospective study in Switzerland

 

Before quitting

After quitting

P-value

Sample size

128

128

 

Anthropometry c

 Weight (kg)

72.3 ± 15.8

74.4 ± 16.5

< 0.001 *

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.0 ± 4.4

25.9 ± 4.7

< 0.001 *

Physical activity d

 Energy expenditure

2651 [2267; 3064]

2609 [2217; 3198]

0.658

 Sedentarity (%)

47 (47.0)

48 (48.0)

1.000

Total energy intake (kcal)

1811 [1396–2234]

1744 [1357–2169]

0.162

Macronutrients (g/d)

 Total protein

66 [50; 88]

64 [51; 86]

0.973

 Vegetable protein

19 [15; 27]

18 [14; 27]

0.226

 Animal protein

45 [33; 60]

46 [33; 60]

0.676

 Carbohydrates

200 [152; 268]

188 [147; 253]

0.131

 Disaccharides

92 [66; 127]

88 [65; 116]

0.487

 Polysaccharides

96 [70; 141]

89 [61; 138]

0.115

 Total fat

65 [52; 91]

65 [47; 82]

0.224

 SFA

25 [19; 35]

23 [16; 31]

0.008

 MUFA

26 [21; 35]

26 [19; 35]

0.698

 PUFA

9 [7; 12]

9 [6; 12]

0.036

 Alcohol

7 [1; 19]

7 [1; 19]

0.948

 Fibre

13 [10–20]

13 [9–19]

0.730

Macronutrients (% TEI)

 Total protein

14.4 [12.9–16.4]

15.1 [13.4–17.9]

0.008

 Vegetable protein

4.6 [3.8–5.3]

4.4 [3.8–5.3]

0.664

 Animal protein

9.7 [8.0–12.1]

10.8 [8.5–13.5]

0.011

 Carbohydrates

45.2 [38.8–51.7]

44.1 [39.1–51.0]

0.295

 Disaccharides

19.9 [15.3–27.2]

21.0 [15.4–25.6]

0.495

 Polysaccharides

22.9 [16.6–27.6]

20.9 [16.6–27.7]

0.199

 Total fat

34.5 [29.0–38.8]

34.6 [30.1–39.2]

0.754

 SFA

12.9 [10.8–15.3]

12.4 [10.6–14.3]

0.048

 MUFA

13.1 [11.0–15.8]

14.3 [11.4–16.4]

0.162

 PUFA

4.6 [3.8–5.5]

4.6 [3.8–5.6]

0.935

 Alcohol

3.4 [0.6–7.3]

2.8 [0.5–6.5]

0.598

Micronutrients

 Cholesterol (mg/d)

289 [218–365]

268 [197–381]

0.978

 Calcium (mg/d)

941 [706–1297]

778 [581–1255]

0.028

 Iron (mg/d)

10.1 [7.7–12.7]

10.1 [7.5–12.9]

0.931

 Vitamin D

1.9 [1.4–2.7]

2.2 [1.4–3.4]

0.066

Foods (g/day)

 Dairy

177 [94–288]

150 [77–243]

0.009

 Red meat

37 [18–64]

38 [24–64]

0.377

 Processed meat

10 [4–19]

10 [3–17]

0.224

 Wholegrain

30 [5–76]

27 [6–70]

0.885

 Fresh fruits

132 [57–280]

147 [72–264]

0.474

 Fresh fruits + fresh juice

169 [72–302]

178 [92–333]

0.097

 Any fruit and fruit juice

218 [97–394]

241 [135–370]

0.142

 Vegetables

125 [80–197]

134 [89–200]

0.203

 Fish, excluding fried

20 [13–35]

28 [15–46]

0.009

 Fish, all

27 [17–45]

37 [19–55]

0.016

 Ultraprocessed foods

60 [14–148]

54 [7–161]

0.166

Compliance to guidelines (%)

 Fruits ≥2/day

41 (32.5)

51 (40.5)

0.143

 Vegetables ≥3/day

7 (5.6)

8 (6.4)

1.000

 Meat ≤5/week

80 (63.5)

73 (57.9)

0.337

 Fish ≥1/week a

82 (65.1)

89 (70.6)

0.296

 Fish ≥1/week b

44 (34.9)

58 (46.0)

0.039

 Dairy ≥3/day

11 (8.7)

11 (8.7)

1.000

  1. a, excluding fried fish; b, all fish. c, for 122 participants; d, for 100 participants
  2. SFA saturated fatty acids; MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids; TEI total energy intake
  3. Results are expressed as number of participants (column percentage) for categorical variables and as average ± standard deviation or as median [interquartile range] for continuous variables. Between-group comparisons were performed using McNemar’s test for categorical variables and student’s t-test (*) or Wilcoxon’s sign test for continuous variables