Joint association of meal frequency and diet quality with metabolic syndrome in Iranian adults

BMC Nutrition

Table 4 Interaction between effects of EO, snack and meal frequency, meal time and FQS on MetS components

			*FQSEO frequency**	*FQSsnack frequency**	*FQSMeal frequency**	*FQSBreakfast Time**	*FQSLunch Time**	*FQSDinner Time**
FBS (mg/dl)	P value	Crude	0.14	0.80	0.72	0.84	0.11	0.79
FBS (mg/dl)	P value	Adjusted	0.15	0.83	0.81	0.86	0.13	0.74
TG (mg/dl)	P value	Crude	0.04*	0.21	0.14	0.25	0.24	0.14
TG (mg/dl)	P value	Adjusted	0.06	0.24	0.13	0.22	0.26	0.10
WC (cm)	P value	Crude	0.76	0.20	0.49	0.33	0.21	0.47
WC (cm)	P value	Adjusted	0.70	0.15	0.44	0.36	0.23	0.38
SBP (mmHg)	P value	Crude	0.42	0.08	0.58	0.64	0.51	0.35
SBP (mmHg)	P value	Adjusted	0.45	0.09	0.56	0.64	0.51	0.38
DBP (mmHg)	P value	Crude	0.59	0.47	0.68	0.89	0.70	0.51
DBP (mmHg)	P value	Adjusted	0.60	0.48	0.68	0.89	0.70	0.51
HDL (mg/dl)	P value	Crude	0.02*	0.10	0.82	0.96	0.26	0.14
HDL (mg/dl)	P value	Adjusted	0.02*	0.10	0.85	0.98	0.26	0.14

All values are presented as mean (SD),adjusted for age, sex, education, occupation, income, marriage, physical activity, smoking, energy intake, two-way ANOVA used for continuous variables, FQS adjusted to energy intake, (29-37) and (18-28) categories of adjusted FQS, (06:00–08:00) and (08:01–10:40) categories of breakfast time, (12:30–13:55) and (14:00–16:00) categories of lunch time, (18:00–20:40) and (20:41–23:00) categories of dinner time, a is reference group, * is p value < 0.05, TG triglyceride, FBS fasting blood sugar, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, WC waist circumference, HDL high-density lipoprotein, FQS food quality score, D Time dinner time, L Time lunch time, B Time breakfast time

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