Table 2 The main characteristics of the participants according to quartiles of energy-adjusted DASH score
Variables | DASH score quartiles | P-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | ||
< 20 | 21–24 | 25–28 | > 29 | ||
Age (years)‡ | 54.29(11.76) | 54.19(9.72) | 57.19(9.44) | 58.19(8.56) | 0.002 |
Gender ‡ | |||||
Woman | 58(41.7) | 66(50.4) | 62(51.2) | 55(50.9) | 0.34 |
Man | 81(58.3) | 65(49.6) | 59(48.8) | 53(49.1) | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.71(4.04) | 26.91(5.21) | 26.61(4.36) | 27.04(3.69) | 0.87 |
Energy intake (kcal) | 2341.1(678.5) | 2357.1(681.8) | 2299.1(659.7) | 2299.7(552.5) | 0.85 |
Physical activity (MET/day) | 36.82(7.78) | 38.62(14.85) | 39.86(11.75) | 40.24(9.8) | 0.07 |
Education levels | |||||
Illiterate | 20(14.6) | 20(15.5) | 17(14) | 6(5.6) | 0.21 |
Low | 99(72.3) | 91(70.5) | 87(71.9) | 80(74.1) | |
High | 18(13.1) | 18(14) | 17(14) | 22(20.4) | |
Smoking (yes) | 35(25.2) | 21(16) | 21(17.4) | 18(16.7) | 0.32 |
Comorbidities (yes) ¥ | 27(19.4) | 24(18.3) | 31(25.6) | 20(18.5) | 0.44 |
Diabetes (yes) | 10(7.2) | 10(7.6) | 13(10.7) | 11(10.2) | 0.68 |
Hypertension (yes) | 12(8.6) | 9(6.9) | 13(10.7) | 6(5.6) | 0.49 |
Coronary Heart diseases (yes) | 5(3.6) | 3(2.3) | 7(5.8) | 4(3.7) | 0.54 |
Family history of cancer in first degree (yes) | 62(44.6) | 50(38.2) | 37(30.6) | 44(40.7) | 0.13 |
Colorectal cancer family history in first degree relatives (yes) | 13(9.4) | 12(9.2) | 9(7.4) | 11(10.2) | 0.87 |
Level of salt intake | |||||
Low | 40(28.8) | 58(44.3) | 62(51.2) | 69(63.9) | |
Normal | 70(50.4) | 51(38.9) | 49(40.5) | 32(29.6) | 0.00 |
High | 29(20.9) | 22(16.8) | 10(8.6) | 7(6.5) | |
Alcohol consumption | 11(7.9) | 4(3.1) | 4(3.3) | 4(3.7) | 0.11 |
Daily intake of multi vitamins and minerals (yes) | 8(5.8) | 15(11.5) | 7(5.8) | 13(12) | 0.13 |