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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of study participants by quintiles of DASH-style diet

From: The relationship between adherence to a Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern and insomnia

 

Quintiles of DASH score (ranged from 0 to 40)

Q1 (n = 98)

Q2 (n = 97)

Q3 (n = 97)

Q4 (n = 98)

Q5 (n = 98)

P-valuea

Age (y)

15.07 ± 1.4

14.6 ± 1.5

14.6 ± 1.6

14.4 ± 1.5

14.1 ± 1.6

0.002

Physical activity (MET. h/week)

45.1 ± 3.3

45.7 ± 3.2

44.7 ± 2.2

45.3 ± 4.1

45.5 ± 3.6

0.24

Weight (Kg)

52.1 ± 9.09

52.9 ± 11.4

51.4 ± 10.1

54.1 ± 11.4

54.7 ± 12.5

0.27

Waist circumference (cm)

70.2 ± 7.5

70.2 ± 9.1

70.01 ± 8.1

72.2 ± 9.5

71.8 ± 8.9

0.3

BMI (kg/m2)

21.05 ± 3.1

21.2 ± 4.08

20.8 ± 3.4

21.9 ± 4.1

21.8 ± 4.3

0.22

Waist hip ratio

0.76 ± 0.04

0.76 ± 0.05

0.77 ± 0.06

0.77 ± 0.09

0.76 ± 0.05

0.53

BMI percentiles (%)

 < 5

3.6

3.4

0

1.2

1.1

0.14

 5–85

86.5

75.6

85.3

76.1

72.5

 85–95

8.1

10.9

11.1

9.6

17.2

 ≥95

1.8

10.1

3.6

13.1

9.2

Passive smoker (%)

32.7

37.5

30.6

40.5

20.2

0.11

Menstruation (%)

91.8

92.5

90.6

86.9

82

0.09

Parent death (%)

3.6

5

3.5

2.4

4.5

0.47

Parent divorce (%)

10

4.2

5.9

3.6

3.4

0.12

  1. a One-way ANOVA and chi-squared analyses were used to test the trend of continuous and categorical variables, respectively, across the quintiles of DASH-style diet score