Research Article
Diet Quality Indices and Their Correlation with Glycemic Status and Lipid Profile in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Table 2
Correlation (
r,
value) between age, BMI, and clinical/biochemical variables and three diet quality indices.
| Diet quality indices | Variables r value | DQI-I | HEI | PI |
| Age | 0.062 | 0.104 | 0.154 | 0.345 | 0.111 | 0.018 |
| BMI | −0.22 | −0.123 | −0.131 | 0.740 | 0.059 | 0.045 |
| BP-systolic | −0.023 | 0.002 | −0.032 | 0.729 | 0.972 | 0.629 |
| BP-diastolic | −0.062 | 0.11 | −0.095 | 0.348 | 0.869 | 0.146 |
| TG (mg/dl) | 0.006 | 0.110 | −0.098 | 0.931 | 0.094 | 0.136 |
| Insulin (µU/ml) | −0.034 | −0.050 | −0.098 | 0.602 | 0.449 | 0.135 |
| TC (mg/dl) | 0.083 | 0.110 | −0.014 | 0.207 | 0.039 | 0.833 |
| LDL-C (mg/dl) | 0.089 | 0.130 | -0.046 | 0.174 | 0.047 | 0.485 |
| HDL-C (mg/dl) | 0.046 | 0.058 | 0.129 | 0.485 | 0.378 | 0.048 |
| HbA1c (%) | 0.017 | 0.49 | −0.002 | 0.790 | 0.453 | 0.977 |
| Insulin resistance | 0.064 | 0.113 | 0.093 | 0.801 | 0.884 | 0.102 |
| FBS (mg/dl) | −0.86 | 0.035 | −0.090 | 0.189 | 0.591 | 0.171 |
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. BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; DQI-I, Diet Quality Index-International; FBS, fasting blood sugar; HEI, Healthy Eating Index; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PI, phytochemical index; TG, triglyceride; TC, total cholesterol. |