Research Article
“Traditional” and “Healthy” Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Low Cardiometabolic Risk in Brazilian Subjects
Table 1
Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and clinical characteristics in cardiometabolic risk subjects (n = 295) in Brazil, 2017.
| Variables | | % |
| Sex | | | Female | 172 | 58.3 | Age (years) | | | <30 | 108 | 36.6 | 30–60 | 146 | 49.5 | 6–84 | 41 | 13.9 | Education | | | Primary or secondary (complete or incomplete) | 127 | 39.6 | College (complete or incomplete) | 168 | 60.4 | Family Income | | | Until 4 minimum wages | 209 | 67.4 | >4 minimum wages | 86 | 32.6 | Employment at UFV | | | Employee or relative | 177 | 59.7 | Student | 118 | 40.3 | Smoking | | | Smoker or ex-smoker | 93 | 32.0 | Never smoked | 198 | 68.0 | Physical activity (>150 minutes per week) | | | Yes | 156 | 52.9 | Alcohol intake | | | Do not drink | 114 | 39.9 | Drink eventually | 165 | 57.7 | Drink daily | 6 | 2.1 | Ex-alcoholic | 1 | 0.3 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | Overweight | 209 | 70.8 | Self-report of medical diagnosis of diseases | | | Diabetes | 56 | 19.0 | Dyslipidemias | 233 | 79.3 | Hypertension | 117 | 39.6 | Use of medicines | | | Oral hypoglycemic or insulin | 53 | 17.9 | Statins or fibrates | 106 | 35.9 | Antihypertensives | 117 | 39.6 |
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UFV = Universidade Federal de Viçosa; BMI= body mass index. n = 291. n = 286. |