Metabolic risk factors, blood pressure and atherogenic indices of cardiovascular disease across different quartiles of dietary sodium to potassium ratio among young semi-professional athletes with overweight or obesity

Table 2 General demographic and anthropometric characteristics of study population across quartiles of dietary Na/K ratio

Variable	All participants (n = 637)		Quartils of dietary Na/K								P Value*
			Q₁ (n = 159)		Q₂ (n = 160)		Q₃ (n = 160)		Q₄ (n = 158)		P Value*
			(< 0.78)		(0.78 -1.06)		(1.06–1.45)		(> 1.45)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (y)	39.99	9.54	42.54	9.77	39.97	8.76	39.77	9.43	37.68	9.62	< 0.001 †
Gender (% Male)	302	47.4	65	40.9	82	51.3	91	56.9	64	40.5	0.792
BMI (kg/m²)	33.49	5.23	33.12	5.21	33.28	4.57	33.52	6.61	34.03	4.21	0.431
WC (cm)	106.51	9.78	105.48	9.40	106.03	9.32	108.18	9.93	106.35	10.33	0.076
WHR	0.92	0.08	0.91	0.07	0.92	0.08	0.94	0.10	0.91	0.08	0.0049‡
FM (%)	35.28	9.78	36.18	10.63	33.60	9.77	34.75	10.12	36.56	8.65	0.069
FFM (%)	58.53	13.24	57.32	11.60	60.66	13.36	58.84	14.99	57.29	12.25	0.164
PA.MET	2099.80	3103.97	1856.40	2724.57	2447.54	3322.14	2405.45	3630.45	1683.08	2565.24	0.060

BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, WHR Waist to hip ratio, FM Fat mass, FFM Fat free mass
^*P-values derived from ANOVA following Tuky’s post-hoc test
^†, Tuky’s test significant for all of the groups
^‡ Tuky’s test significant between third quartile and others
Bold values are statistically significant

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