Table 4 Clinical data of vegetarians and non-vegetarians.
Vegetarians | Non-vegetarians | P value* | P value‡ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Meat-eating ≥ 5 times/month | ||||
N | 875 | 937 | 266 | — | — |
Gender (male, %) | 60.9 | 44.2 | 41.4 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Monks/nuns (%) | 79.5 | 34.8 | 16.2 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Age (year) | 43.56 ± 15.72 | 45.41 ± 15.14 | 45.36 ± 14.16 | 0.011 | 0.076 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.32 ± 4.10 | 24.67 ± 4.22 | 24.91 ± 4.06 | 0.086 | 0.043 |
Overweight/obese (%) | 48.1 | 51.1 | 55.4 | 0.229 | 0.046 |
SBP (mmHg) | 131.34 ± 25.62 | 136.24 ± 25.67# | 135.54 ± 24.37 | 0.000 | 0.018 |
DBP (mmHg) | 79.84 ± 15.25 | 82.45 ± 15.69# | 82.74 ± 15.04 | 0.000 | 0.006 |
Blood glucose (mmol/L) | 5.16 ± 1.11 | 5.60 ± 1.84# | 6.12 ± 2.40 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
TG (mmol/L) | 1.09 ± 0.57 | 1.26 ± 0.70# | 1.44 ± 0.78 | 0.000 | 0.002 |
TC (mmol/L) | 4.34 ± 1.07 | 4.47 ± 1.03 | 4.74 ± 1.40 | 0.082 | 0.049 |
LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.48 ± 0.85 | 2.67 ± 0.81# | 2.97 ± 1.09 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.27 ± 0.30 | 1.32 ± 0.33 | 1.31 ± 0.34 | 0.053 | 0.400 |
Hypertension prevalence (%) | 29.6 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 0.000 | 0.008 |
DM prevalence (%) | 1.9 | 7.1 | 20.9 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
