Association of Household Food Insecurity with the Mental and Physical Health of Low-Income Urban Ecuadorian Women with Children
Table 4
Association of household food security status with fasting blood glucose and lipid levels: participant subsample ().
Food secure ()
Low food security ()
Very low food security ()
ANOVA value
ANCOVA value
Mean ± SD
Adjusted mean
Mean ± SD
Adjusted mean
Mean ± SD
Adjusted mean
Blood pressure
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
117 ± 15
118
117 ± 15
118
121 ± 17
119
0.001
0.77
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
72 ± 12
74
72 ± 13
73
76 ± 15
74
0.0001
0.32
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)
87 ± 9
86
89 ± 21
89
85 ± 9
85
0.09
0.13
Fasting blood lipid profile
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
183 ± 30
181
179 ± 40
179
177 ± 30
178
0.57
0.86
Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)
105 ± 30
104
99 ± 33
100
96 ± 30
100
0.26
0.41
High-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)
49 ± 15
50
46 ± 13
46
51 ± 16
50
0.07
0.07
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
128 ± 54
120
158 ± 102
159
136 ± 65
140
0.05
0.06
Analyses adjusted for participant age, education, per capita monthly income, long-term neighborhood residence (≥50% of lifetime), BMI, residence neighborhood, and data collection year.
