Meat Intake and Insulin Resistance in Women without Type 2 Diabetes
Table 1
Descriptive information about all participants [].
Variable
Mean
SD
Minimum
50th percentile
Maximum
Age [years]
40.3
3.1
35.0
40.5
48.0
Fasting glucose [mg/dL]
86.9
7.2
73.0
87.0
111.0
Fasting insulin [μU/mL]
7.4
4.4
1.3
6.5
34.8
HOMA
1.6
1.0
0.2
1.4
8.9
Carbohydrate [% total kJ]
55.4
6.4
25.4
55.9
73.3
Protein [% total kJ]
14.1
3.0
8.5
13.6
32.3
Fat [% total kJ]
30.5
5.8
11.6
30.5
51.6
Energy intake [kJ]
8510.0
1356.0
4771.9
8297.7
14623.5
Starch exchanges [servings]
3.7
0.9
0.4
3.6
7.1
Sweets exchanges [servings]
3.2
1.2
0.2
3.1
8.6
Fruit exchanges [servings]
1.2
0.8
0.0
1.0
4.1
Vegetables exchanges [servings]
0.7
0.5
0.0
0.6
2.9
Dairy exchanges [servings]
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.5
3.1
Meat exchanges [servings]
1.3
0.6
0.3
1.3
4.6
VLM exchanges [servings]
0.8
0.8
0.0
0.6
6.7
Fat exchanges [servings]
4.9
1.3
1.0
4.9
8.8
BMI [kg/m2]
23.8
3.3
15.8
23.7
32.1
Body fat [%]
31.6
6.9
14.6
32.0
44.8
Physical activity [counts]
268.8
79.8
82.8
265.0
494.6
Note. Each of the exchange variables was calculated as servings per 4186 kJ [1000 kcal]. VLM exchanges: servings of very lean meat. According to the exchange program, 1 exchange = 28 grams [1 oz]. Physical activity counts were divided by 1000 to make values more manageable. A mean of 268.8 reflects 2.688 million counts for the week of activity monitoring.
