Health-Related Quality of Life, Blood Pressure, and Biochemical and Anthropometric Profile in Vegetarians and Nonvegetarians

Table 2

Comparative analysis of anthropometric, biochemical, and quality of life data for vegetarians and nonvegetarians by gender.

Variables	Women						Men
	Vegetarians		Nonvegetarians		t		Vegetarians		Nonvegetarians		t
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Weight (kg)	57.15	7.90	58.78	9.19	−0.93	0.354	66.28	7.94	74.97	10.28	−3.13	0.003
Size (m)	1.55	0.07	1.55	0.06	0.07	0.944	1.72	0.05	1.68	0.06	2.70	0.010
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.72	3.16	24.38	3.35	−0.99	0.327	22.41	2.53	26.63	2.93	−5.16	≤0.001
WC (cm)	76.02	9.03	77.43	8.56	−0.79	0.429	80.13	8.27	89.79	8.69	−3.86	≤0.001
LDL (mg/dL)	115.65	38.53	100.53	34.29	2.07	0.041	121.92	34.25	103.36	34.21	1.85	0.071
HDL (mg/dL)	46.65	8.56	47.96	10.56	−0.67	0.507	42.63	8.22	45.43	11.34	−0.93	0.356
TG (mg/dL)	95.42	32.56	90.72	40.84	0.62	0.537	90.11	27.56	110.27	48.53	−1.65	0.106
Glucose (mg/dL)	78.30	12.28	77.72	10.00	0.26	0.794	74.47	13.57	81.83	11.37	−2.05	0.046
SBP (mmHg)	105.44	11.10	99.84	11.61	2.43	0.017	106.58	8.88	112.13	9.81	−2.00	0.051
DBP (mmHg)	68.05	7.64	68.35	6.33	−0.22	0.828	71.11	5.99	77.50	8.82	−2.78	0.008
PHC	42.66	4.80	41.45	4.32	1.31	0.192	41.43	3.63	41.76	3.00	−0.35	0.730
MHC	40.72	6.24	42.60	5.06	−1.66	0.100	43.30	3.95	42.64	5.72	0.44	0.665

SD, standard deviation; BMI, Body Mass Index; WC, waist circumference, LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein; TG, triglycerides, SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PHC, physical health component of quality of life; MHC, mental health component of quality of life. value. Student’s t-test (t) was used to evaluate the level of difference among the anthropometric, biochemical, and quality of life data and the type of diet and sex. represents the probability that the dietary pattern is differentiated with the mentioned data.