Table 2. Total energy, fruit consumption and variables related to lifestyles in individuals according to their weekly consumption of kiwi
In the ANCOVA analysis that was adjusted for confounders, the consumers of at least 1 kiwi per week had lower mean values of fibrinogen (363.1 ± 5.4 vs.378.2 ± 2.9 mg/dL, p = 0.018) and triglycerides (105.7 ± 6.5 vs. 125.4 ± 3.5 mg/dL, p = 0.010) than those who consumed less than 1 kiwi per week. In contrast, the HDL-cholesterol values of this group are higher than those of the group that did not consume kiwi (61.0 ± 0.8 vs. 58.6 ± 0.4 mg/dL, p = 0.018). The observed differences in HOMAir failed to reach statistical significance (1.93 ± 0.05 vs. 1.80 ± 0.09) (Fig. 1).