Table 4 Characteristics of the participants according to DII quartile for Brazilian men
Characteristics | Quartile 1 (≤ + 0.49) | Quartile 2 (+ 0.49 a + 1.29) | Quartile 3 (+ 1.29 a + 1.89) | Quartile 4 (> 1.89) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean or n | SD or % | Mean or n | SD or % | Mean or n | SD or % | Mean or n | SD or % | ||
Age (years) | 57.8 | 12.3 | 57.5 | 12.0 | 58.1 | 12.9 | 59.8 | 14.2 | 0.6 |
Weight (kg) | 74.2 | 14.7 | 74.4 | 15.3 | 73.0 | 13.6 | 72.0 | 15.2 | 0.3 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.5 | 4.8 | 26.4 | 4.7 | 26.3 | 4.3 | 26.0 | 4.6 | 0.86 |
Alcohol | |||||||||
Yes | 76 | 45.0 | 80 | 46.8 | 74 | 43.8 | 65 | 37.4 | 0.31 |
No | 93 | 55.0 | 91 | 53.2 | 95 | 56.2 | 109 | 62.6 | |
Mean consumption | 7.3 | 15.5 | 11.2 | 22.3 | 10.3 | 20.3 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 0.35 |
Geographic region | 0.01 | ||||||||
South | 27 | 16.0 | 24 | 14.0 | 25 | 14.8 | 39 | 22.4 | |
Southeast | 54 | 32.0 | 67 | 39.2 | 62 | 36.7 | 53 | 30.5 | |
Central-West | 31 | 18.3 | 37 | 21.6 | 18 | 10.7 | 16 | 9.2 | |
North | 22 | 13.0 | 16 | 9.4 | 27 | 16.0 | 29 | 16.7 | |
Northeast | 35 | 20.7 | 27 | 15.8 | 37 | 21.9 | 37 | 21.3 | |
Marital status | 0.46 | ||||||||
Single | 18 | 10.7 | 14 | 8.2 | 15 | 8.9 | 23 | 13.2 | |
Married | 119 | 70.4 | 127 | 74.3 | 118 | 69.8 | 114 | 65.5 | |
Widowed | 17 | 10.1 | 18 | 10.5 | 22 | 13.0 | 24 | 13.8 | |
Divorced/separated | 7 | 4.1 | 5 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.6 | 11 | 6.3 | |
Low impact fractures | 0.14 | ||||||||
Yes | 18 | 10.6 | 19 | 11.1 | 14 | 8.3 | 28 | 16.1 | |
No | 152 | 89.4 | 152 | 88.9 | 155 | 91.7 | 146 | 83.9 | |
NSAIDsa | 2 | 1.2 | 5 | 2.9 | 4 | 2.4 | 13 | 1.9 | 0.54 |
Statins | – | – | 3 | 1.8 | – | – | 2 | 1.1 | 0.15 |
Hypertension | 48 | 28.4 | 49 | 28.7 | 46 | 27.2 | 54 | 31.0 | 0.89 |
Diabetes mellitus | 19 | 11.2 | 18 | 10.5 | 11 | 6.5 | 16 | 9.2 | 0.46 |
Osteoporosis | 8 | 4.7 | 4 | 2.3 | 4 | 2.4 | 5 | 2.9 | 0.54 |
Dyslipidemia | 4 | 2.4 | 10 | 5.8 | 9 | 5.3 | 7 | 4.0 | 0.4 |