Table 1 Baseline general characteristics of study participants
| Ā | Glycemic Index | Glycemic Load | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tertile 1 <ā55 (nā=ā92) | Tertile 2 55ā63 (nā=ā93) | Tertile 3 63 ā¤ (nā=ā93) | P value | Tertile 1 <ā151 (nā=ā92) | Tertile 2 151ā210 (nā=ā93) | Tertile 3 210 ā¤ (nā=ā93) | P value | |
Cases with PS, n (%) | 18 (20) | 33 (36) | 38 (41) | 0.013 | 20 (22) | 28 (30) | 41 (44) | 0.001 |
Men, n (%) | 30 (32) | 30 (33) | 34 (38) | 0.673 | 23 (24) | 27 (29) | 44 (47) | 0.012 |
Age (y) | 57.5āĀ±ā16.3 | 55.6āĀ±ā14.8 | 53.8āĀ±ā14.4 | 0.270 | 58.4āĀ±ā13.7 | 55.3āĀ±ā15.2 | 54.5āĀ±ā15.6 | 0.194 |
Alcohol drinker, n (%) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.710 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.419 |
Smoker, % | 14 (15) | 7 (8) | 20 (22) | 0.021 | 10 (11) | 14 (16) | 17 (19) | 0.332 |
Weight, kg | 71.4āĀ±ā14 | 73.8āĀ±ā15.2 | 78.6āĀ±ā18.2 | 0.009 | 70.5āĀ±ā13.3 | 74.5āĀ±ā14.9 | 76.7āĀ±ā19.1 | 0.040 |
Height, cm | 162.3āĀ±ā8.5 | 165.2āĀ±ā8.7 | 165.2āĀ±ā9.9 | 0.044 | 161.3āĀ±ā7.7 | 164.8āĀ±ā9 | 165.7āĀ±ā9.4 | 0.003 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 27.1āĀ±ā4.9 | 26.9āĀ±ā4.9 | 28.7āĀ±ā5.6 | 0.045 | 27.1āĀ±ā4.5 | 27.4āĀ±ā5.3 | 27.9āĀ±ā6 | 0.621 |