Research Article
The Impact of Abdominal Obesity Status on Cardiovascular Response to the Mediterranean Diet
Table 4
Dietary intakes of subjects before the 4-week controlled Mediterranean diet intervention1.
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SFA: saturated fatty acids; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids; MedScore: Mediterranean score. 1Values are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD). Data represent dietary intakes during the run-in period. Men and women with a waist circumference of, respectively, >102 cm and >88 cm were considered as having abdominal obesity. Analyses were performed after adjustment for sex. *Mean values were significantly different between groups before the Mediterranean diet by the General Linear Model procedure; . 2Analysis was performed on transformed values. |