Table 1 General characteristics of people participating in the study based on case and control groups
Characteristics | Mean ± Standard deviation or N (%) | P-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
Case ( n = 87) | Control (n = 87) | ||
- Age (year) | \(39.36\pm 12.05\) | \(44.60\pm 11.77\) | 0.004 |
- Height (m) | \(1.68\pm 0.09\) | \(1.66\pm 0.10\) | \(0.172\) |
- Weight (kg) | \(71.62\pm 11.79\) | \(74.97\pm 15.21\) | \(0.106\) |
- BMI (kg/m2) | \(25.08\pm 3.60\) | \(26.77\pm 4.23\) | \(\bf 0.005\) |
- DII (continuous) | \(-0.278\pm 0.75\) | \(-0.0939\pm 0.52\) | 0.062 |
DII (tertiles) | 0.539 | ||
Third tertiles > 0.1 | 27 (32.1) | 33 (37.9) | |
Second tertiles -0.2 to 0.1 | 22 (25.2) | 23 (26.4) | |
First tertiles < -0.2 | 38 (43.6) | 31 (35.6) | |
- Gender | 0.999 | ||
Female (%) | 51 (58.6) | 51 (58/6) | |
Male (%) | 36 (41.4) | 36 (41.4) | |
- Menopause (yes) | 13 (27.5) | 19 (37.3) | 0.290 |
- Smoking (yes) | 3 (3.4) | 11 (12.6) | 0.026 |
- Diabetes (yes) | 2 (2.3) | 9 (10.3) | 0.029 |
- Educational status | 0.006 | ||
Illiterate | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.3) | |
Diploma down | 14 (16.1) | 30 (34.5) | |
Diploma & Diploma up | 73 (83.9) | 55 (63.2) | |