Results
Of the 1469 individuals (892 women, 577 men) included in this work, 355 (24.2 %) had a mean kiwi consumption of 1 kiwi or more per week (30.8 % of women and 13.9 % of men).
The mean age of the sample was 54.9 ± 13.8 years, with no differences in terms of kiwi consumption. With respect to the dependent variables of this study, the consumers of at least 1 kiwi per week presented higher plasma values of HDL-cholesterol (mean difference 4.50 [95 % CI: 2.63 to 6.36]) and lower triglyceride values (mean difference −20.03 [95 % CI: −6.77 to −33.29]), fibrinogen values (mean difference −13.22 [95 % CI: −2.18 to −24.26]) and HOMAir values (mean difference −0.30 [95 % CI: −0.09 to −0.50]) (p