Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population and daily energy and nutrients intakes according to the EO, meal and snack frequency

Age (year)

41.2) 11.2(

42.5 (10.8)

0.15

42.9 (10.8)

42.3 (10.7)

42.0 (11.1)

0.74

41.9 (11.0)

42.1 (10.9)

44.4 (10.9)

0.24

Sex (%)

 M

39(23.7)

124(18.2)

23(20.1)

71(21.3)

69(17.3)

29(20.2)

124(19.6)

10(14.4)

 F

125(76.2)

556(81.7)

91(79.8)

261(78.6)

329(82.6)

114(79.7)

508(80.3)

59(85.5)

Education (%)

0.52

0.60

0.04*

 Illiterate

9(5.45)

47(6.91)

8(6.95)

18(5.42)

30(7.53)

11(7.63)

35(5.53)

10(14.4)

 Under diploma

33(20.0)

165(24.2)

22(19.1)

81(24.3)

95(23.8)

26(18.0)

153(24.2)

19(27.5)

 Diploma

63(38.1)

231(33.9)

37(32.1)

121(36.4)

136(34.1)

49(34.0)

224(35.4)

21(30.4)

 Educated

60(36.3)

237(34.8)

48(41.7)

112(33.7)

137(34.4)

58(40.2)

220(34.8)

19(27.5)

Occupation (%)

0.24

0.96

0.98

 Employee

70(42.4)

238(35.0)

41(35.6)

124(37.3)

143(36.0)

54(37.5)

231(33.6)

23(33.3)

 Housekeeper

82(49.6)

362(53.3)

63(54.7)

168(50.6)

213(53.6)

75(52.0)

331(52.4)

38(55.0)

 Retired

6(3.63)

41(6.03)

6(5.21)

21(6.32)

20(5.03)

7(4.86)

35(5.54)

5(7.24)

 Unemployed

7(4.24)

38(5.69)

5(4.34)

19(5.72)

21(5.28)

8(5.55)

34(5.38)

3(4.34)

 Income(million)

1.59(1.21)

1.53(1.05)

0.52

1.49(1.06)

1.59(1.12)

1.52(1.05)

0.59

1.45(1.02)

1.57(1.10)

1.50(1.02)

0.47

Marriage (%)

0.22

0.97

0.68

 Single

28(16.9)

87(12.7)

15(13.4)

47(14.1)

53(13.3)

23(15.9)

86(13.6)

6(8.69)

 Married

128(77.5)

552(81.1)

92(80.0)

264(79.5)

324(81.4)

111(77.8)

509(80.5)

60(86.9)

 Divorced

4(2.42)

8(1.17)

2(1.73)

4(1.20)

6(1.50)

2(1.38)

10(1.58)

0(0.00)

 Dead spouse

5(3.03)

33(4.85)

6(5.21)

17(5.12)

15(3.76)

8(5.55)

27(4.27)

3(4.34)

Activity score (%)

0.21

0.16

0.17

 Low

96(58.1)

346(51.1)

59 (51.7)

184(55.4)

199(50.2)

74(51.7)

337(53.4)

31(44.9)

 Moderate

58(35.1)

266(39.2)

49(42.9)

113(34.0)

162(40.9)

62(43.3)

231(36.6)

31(44.9)

 High

11(6.66)

65(9.60)

16(5.26)

35(10.5)

35(8.83)

7(4.89)

62(9.84)

7(10.1)

Smoking (%)

0.74

0.16

0.29

 not smoking

155(93.9)

648(95.2)

107(93.0)

310(93.3)

386(96.9)

135(93.7)

599(94.7)

69(100)

 quit smoking

3(1.81)

11(1.61)

2(1.73)

8(2.40)

4(1.00)

2(1.38)

12(1.89)

0(0.00)

 low smoking

7(4.24)

21(3.08)

6(5.21)

14(4.21)

8(2.01)

7(4.86)

21(3.32)

0(0.00)

WC (cm)

89.7(12.1)

88.9(11.8)

0.45

87.0(11.0)

89.5(12.1)

89.3(11.8)

0.12

87.2(11.2)

89.1(11.9)

93.0(11.7)

0.01*

SBP (mmHg)

117(16.0)

118(16.1)

0.96

115(13.7)

118(16.3)

118(16.5)

0.10

115(14.3)

118(16.4)

122(15.5)

0.02*

DBP (mmHg)

79.7(9.62)

78.9(11.6)

0.31

78.4(10.6)

78.7(10.3)

79.5(12.1)

0.52

78.8(10.4)

79.0(11.4)

80.2(11.7)

0.86

FBS (mg/dl)

106(32.0)

108(44.7)

0.63

106(33.0)

104(27.1)

112(53.8)

0.02*

105(30.9)

107(42.2)

122(60.6)

0.02*

HDL (mg/dl)

48.9(10.4)

50.1(10.2)

0.49

51.1(11.3)

49.1(9.70)

50.2(10.4)

0.32

50.5(11.1)

49.9(9.94)

49.0(11.5)

0.44

TG (mg/dl)

143(75.9)

145(79.8)

0.58

132(6.46)

144(4.18)

149(4.19)

0.03*

136(71.9)

145(79.3)

158(89.3)

0.07

Mets prevalence (%)

57(34.5)

234(34.4)

1.00

27(23.4)

114(34.3)

150(37.6)

0.01*

35(24.3)

220(34.8)

36(52.1)

 < 0.001*

Energy(kc)

1660(367)

1680(382)

0.55

1505.(337)

1686(398)

1717(361)

 < 0.001*

1523(333)

1707(380)

1706(387)

 < 0.001*

Protein(gr)

58.7(19.4)

(14.1%)^C

57.7(14.7)

(13.7%)^C

0.15

53.3(15.8)

(14.1%)^C

57.8(14.4)

(13.7%)^C

59.3(16.5)

(13.8%)^C

0.78

53.8(15.5)

(14.1%)^C

58.8(15.6)

(13.7%)^C

58.3(15.8)

(13.6%)^C

0.96

Carbohydrate(gr)

238(57.9)

(57.3%)^C

252(117)

(60.0%)^C

0.19

225(152)

(59.8%)^C

251(101)

(59.5%)^C

254(98.5)

(59.1%)^C

0.76

227(138)

(59.6%)^C

254(134)

(59.5%)^C

249(57.9)

(58.3%)^C

0.76

Fat(gr)

58.5(35.5)

(31.7%)^C

56.9(30.2)

(30.4%)^C

0.29

53.1(40.0)

(31.7%)^C

57.7(38.3)

(30.8%)^C

58.0(19.8)

(30.4%)^C

0.26

53.0(36.1)

(31.3%)^C

58.0(30.9)

(30.5%)^C

58.9(21.8)

(31.0%)^C

0.43

FQS

27.9(3.15)

28.0(3.06)

0.93

27.3(2.91)

28.1(3.06)

28.0(3.12)

0.23

27.3(2.96)

28.1(3.05)

28.2(3.36)

0.19