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Table 3 Differences in weight, BMI, waist and WHR of subjects with regard to their diet type

From: Variants of ESR1, APOE, LPL and IL-6 loci in young healthy subjects: association with lipid status and obesity

  

Diet

 

ANOVA,

LSD post hoc,

 

Continental

Mediterranean

Mixed

p value

p values (only significant)

Weight (kg)

74+/14.56

66.61+/- 15.84

86+/-23.86

F = 4.365, p = 0.015

Mixed vs. continental, MD = 12.18, p = 0.025

Mixed vs. Mediterranean, MD = 19.58, p = 0.004

BMI (kg/m2)

23.5+/-3.21

21.73+/-2.85

26.15+/-7.31

F = 3.915, p = 0.023

Mixed vs. continental, MD = 2.65, p = 0.039

Mixed vs. Mediterranean, MD = 4.42, p = 0.006

Waist (cm)

83.65+/-11.04

76.77+/-10.83

92.1+/-17.37

F = 4.803, p = 0.01

Mixed vs. continental, MD = 8.45, p = 0.036

Mixed vs. Mediterranean, MD = 15.33, p = 0.003

WHR

0.81+/-0.07

0.76+/-0.08

0.86+/-0.09

F = 4.421, p = 0.015

Mediterranean vs. continental, MD = -0.05, p = 0.042

Mediterranean vs. mixed, MD = -0.095, p = 0.004

  1. MD = mean difference