Table 5 Age, BMI, WC, and hs-CRP according to sex and adherence to MD

Low adherence to MD

N = 298 (48.4%)

N = 318 (51.6%)

Age (years)

34.98 ± 12.49

33.21 ± 12.69

0.082

BMI (kg/m²)

40.04 ± 5.25

37.79 ± 8.74

 < 0.001

WC (cm)

112.15 ± 22.02

123.19 ± 26.58

 < 0.001

hs-CRP (mg/L)

4.36 ± 3.44

3.79 ± 2.91

0.026

Low CVR (< 1.0 mg/L) (n,%)

5, 1.7%

3, 0.9%

χ² = 0.07, p = 0.792

Intermediate CVR (1.0—3.0 mg/L) (n,%)

119, 39.9%

149, 46.9%

χ² = 9.39, p = 0.002

High CVR (≥ 3.0 mg/L) (n,%)

174, 58.4%

166, 52.2%

χ² = 0.03, p = 0.868

Average adherence to MD

N = 374 (58.6%)

N = 264 (41.4%)

Age (years)

33.58 ± 10.90

35.72 ± 10.03

0.012

BMI (kg/m²)

35.09 ± 5.47

31.77 ± 5.31

 < 0.001

WC (cm)

99.72 ± 17.66

104.81 ± 15.89

 < 0.001

hs-CRP (mg/L)

2.31 ± 2.27

2.37 ± 1.27

0.701

Low CVR (< 1.0 mg/L) (n,%)

89, 23.8%

4, 1.5%

χ² = 59.92, p < 0.001

Intermediate CVR (1.0—3.0 mg/L) (n,%)

198, 52.9%

199, 75.4%

χ² = 32.20, p < 0.001

High CVR (≥ 3.0 mg/L) (n,%)

87, 23.3%

61, 23.1%

χ² = 0.01, p = 0.961

High adherence to MD

N = 296 (75.1%)

N = 98 (24.9%)

Age (years)

32.93 ± 9.57

37.27 ± 8.93

 < 0.001

BMI (kg/m²)

26.98 ± 5.24

26.05 ± 3.57

0.103

WC (cm)

80.22 ± 14.79

89.04 ± 10.11

 < 0.001

hs-CRP (mg/L)

1.03 ± 1.14

1.92 ± 0.60

 < 0.001

Low CVR (< 1.0 mg/L) (n,%)

177, 59.8%

1, 1.0%

χ² = 100.33, p < 0.001

Intermediate CVR (1.0—3.0 mg/L) (n,%)

110, 37.2%

95, 96.9%

χ² = 103.02, p < 0.001

High CVR (≥ 3.0 mg/L) (n,%)

9, 3.0%

2, 2.1%

χ² = 0.03, p = 0.867