Dietary fatty acid patterns and risk of metabolic syndrome: Tehran lipid and glucose study

Table 3 Dietary intakes of participants based on the fatty acid patterns

Dietary intakes	Short- and medium-chain SFA pattern		Long-chain FAs pattern		Omega-3 PUFA pattern		Long-chain SFA pattern
Dietary intakes	T1	T3	T1	T3	T1	T3	T1	T3
Total energy, kcal/d	2284 ± 700.4	2272 ± 730.6	2254 ± 691.0	2242 ± 742.6	2295 ± 704.9	2264 ± 703.4	2427 ± 735.5	2163 ± 730.9*
Carbohydrates, en%	57.17 ± 6.29	57.04 ± 8.57	57.82 ± 6.65	56.49 ± 7.98*	56.24 ± 6.63	57.90 ± 8.24*	57.41 ± 5.91	56.11 ± 8.65*
Total proteins, en%	13.79 ± 2.22	13.37 ± 2.44*	13.51 ± 2.02	13.57 ± 2.61*	13.48 ± 2.18	14.03 ± 2.76*	13.81 ± 2.35	13.17 ± 2.49*
Total fat, en%	31.64 ± 6.15	32.05 ± 8.37	31.23 ± 6.24	32.40 ± 8.10*	32.79 ± 6.82	30.56 ± 7.56*	31.31 ± 5.11	33.17 ± 8.93*
SFA, en%	10.90 ± 7.98	11.19 ± 4.69*	10.50 ± 3.33	11.08 ± 8.46	11.28 ± 8.28	10.41 ± 3.79*	11.04 ± 8.25	10.53 ± 3.06
MUFA, en%	11.02 ± 2.72	11.00 ± 3.13	10.79 ± 2.56	11.35 ± 3.29*	11.46 ± 2.81	10.51 ± 2.98*	10.76 ± 1.82	11.77 ± 3.80*
PUFA, en%	6.56 ± 2.22	6.50 ± 2.34	6.52 ± 2.02	6.84 ± 2.64*	6.79 ± 2.39	6.28 ± 2.26*	6.31 ± 1.44	7.38 ± 3.10*

Data represented as mean ± SD and percent
SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA mono-unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA poly-unsaturated fatty acids, en% percentage from total energy
^*P value < 0.05

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