The Scientific World Journal

Research Article

Effects of Chinese Liquors on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Healthy Young Humans

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and dietary nutrient intake of subjects included in TFL and TCL groups.
VariablesTFLTCL
Total ( 𝑛 = 2 3 )Men ( 𝑛 = 1 2 )Women ( 𝑛 = 1 1 )Total ( 𝑛 = 2 2 )Men ( 𝑛 = 1 1 )Women ( 𝑛 = 1 1 )
Subject characteristics
Age (year) 2 3 . 6 ± 1 . 5 2 3 . 7 ± 1 . 8 2 3 . 5 ± 1 . 1 3 2 3 . 6 ± 1 . 4 2 2 . 9 ± 0 . 3 2 4 . 3 ± 1 . 7
BMI (kg/m2) 2 1 . 3 ± 1 . 6 2 1 . 6 ± 1 . 5 2 1 . 0 ± 1 . 8 2 1 . 1 ± 2 . 2 2 1 . 5 ± 2 . 0 2 0 . 6 ± 2 . 4
Body weight (kg) 5 8 . 8 ± 7 . 3 6 3 . 3 ± 5 . 2 5 4 . 0 ± 6 . 1 5 9 . 0 ± 9 . 3 6 5 . 0 ± 6 . 7 5 3 . 0 ± 7 . 6
TG (mmol/L) 0 . 9 ± 0 . 3 1 . 0 ± 0 . 4 0 . 8 ± 0 . 2 0 . 9 ± 0 . 3 0 . 8 ± 0 . 2 0 . 9 ± 0 . 4
TC (mmol/L) 4 . 2 ± 0 . 8 4 . 2 ± 0 . 9 4 . 2 ± 0 . 6 4 . 4 ± 0 . 7 4 . 5 ± 0 . 7 4 . 3 ± 0 . 6
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1 . 4 ± 0 . 2 1 . 3 ± 0 . 2 1 . 4 ± 0 . 2 1 . 5 ± 0 . 4 1 . 5 ± 0 . 3 1 . 5 ± 0 . 4
LDL-C (mmol/L) 2 . 2 ± 0 . 7 2 . 2 ± 0 . 8 2 . 1 ± 0 . 6 2 . 3 ± 0 . 5 2 . 4 ± 0 . 7 2 . 2 ± 0 . 4
SBP (mmHg) 1 1 0 . 6 ± 1 3 . 2 1 1 9 . 7 ± 1 0 . 5 1 0 0 . 7 ± 7 . 6 1 0 8 . 8 ± 1 0 . 2 1 1 4 . 4 ± 1 1 . 4 1 0 3 . 2 ± 4 . 4
DBP (mmHg) 6 8 . 5 ± 9 . 8 7 3 . 5 ± 1 0 . 0 6 2 . 2 ± 6 . 4 6 8 . 4 ± 6 . 4 7 0 . 9 ± 7 . 3 6 5 . 8 ± 4 . 3
Glucose (mmol/L) 5 . 1 ± 0 . 4 5 . 2 ± 0 . 2 5 . 0 ± 0 . 5 5 . 0 ± 0 . 3 5 . 1 ± 0 . 3 5 . 0 ± 0 . 3
Dietary nutrient intake
Total energy (kcal) 2 0 5 6 ± 3 2 1 2 2 8 2 ± 2 3 8 1 8 1 0 ± 1 9 2 1 9 9 7 ± 2 8 2 2 1 6 0 ± 2 8 2 1 8 3 4 ± 1 7 1
Carbohydrate (g) 2 9 9 ± 8 1 3 3 0 ± 7 3 2 6 5 ± 7 8 3 1 3 ± 7 8 3 4 4 ± 8 0 2 8 3 ± 6 6
Total fat (g) 6 5 . 4 ± 2 5 . 2 7 2 . 9 ± 2 5 . 5 5 7 . 3 ± 2 3 . 3 5 3 . 9 ± 2 1 . 6 5 6 . 1 ± 1 9 . 3 5 1 . 8 ± 2 4 . 4
Protein (g) 7 3 . 1 ± 1 4 . 5 8 1 . 1 ± 1 3 . 6 6 4 . 3 ± 9 . 7 6 9 . 9 ± 1 4 . 2 7 5 . 1 ± 1 2 . 4 6 4 . 7 ± 1 4 . 5
Carbohydrate (% of energy ) 5 7 . 9 ± 1 2 . 1 5 7 . 8 ± 1 0 . 8 5 8 . 0 ± 1 3 . 9 6 2 . 0 ± 1 0 . 3 6 3 . 2 ± 8 . 5 6 0 . 1 ± 1 2 . 1
Fat (% of energy ) 2 8 . 9 ± 1 1 . 1 2 8 . 8 ± 1 0 . 1 2 8 . 9 ± 1 2 . 7 2 5 . 0 ± 1 0 . 1 2 3 . 7 ± 8 . 1 2 7 . 0 ± 1 1 . 7
Protein (% of energy) 1 4 . 3 ± 2 . 4 1 4 . 3 ± 2 . 4 1 4 . 3 ± 2 . 6 1 4 . 0 ± 3 . 3 1 4 . 0 ± 2 . 6 1 4 . 3 ± 4 . 3
The values were expressed as mean ± SD.
TFL: tea-flavor liquor; TCL: traditional Chinese liquor; TG: triacylglycerol; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure.