Dietary Antioxidant Capacity Indices are Negatively Correlated to LDL-Oxidation in Adults

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of the study participants.

Variables	Mean ± SD or number (%)
Age (year)	45.97 ± 11.74
Weight (kg)	74.73 ± 14.30
Height (cm)	162.45 ± 9.65
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.28 ± 4.69
Waist (cm)	94.21 ± 11.35
Hip (cm)	101.47 ± 9.64
WHR	0.90 ± 0.07
MDA (ng/L)	3.33 ± 0.62
ox-LDL (IU/L)	3.07 ± 3.14
Physical activity (Met.h/day)	21.09 ± 40.41
Energy (kcal/day)	2772.84 ± 1054.18
Carbohydrate (% energy)	61.03 ± 5.90
Protein (% energy)	12.74 ± 1.72
Fat (% energy)	26.22 ± 5.95
DTAC (mmol/100 g)	13.06 ± 5.45
OBS	12.91 ± 2.75
PI (% energy)	39.36 ± 19.57
Sex, male (%)	97 (41.1)
Marital status, married (%)	197 (84.9)
Education level, upper than high school (%)	171 (72.0)
Smoking history, no (%)	208 (88.1)

BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist to hip ratio; DTAC, dietary total antioxidant capacity; OBS, oxidative balance score; PI, phytochemical index. Values are mean ± SD for continuous and number (percentage) for categorical variables.