Table 1.
Participant characteristics by avocado consumption in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986–2016) and Nurses’ Health Study (1986–2014).
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| <1/month (PY=634,588) | 1–3/month (PY=236,610) | ≥1/week (PY=168,782) | <1/month (PY=1,033,782) | 1–3/month (PY=189,284) | ≥1/week (PY=66,804) | |
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| Age, years | 64.4 (11.3) | 62.5 (11.2) | 62.6 (11.2) | 62.6 (10.3) | 63.7 (9.8) | 65.9 (9.8) |
| White, % | 95.2 | 94.5 | 94.7 | 98.4 | 96.9 | 96.9 |
| Height, inches | 70.1 (3.2) | 70.3 (3.6) | 70.3 (3.2) | 64.5 (2.4) | 64.7 (2.5) | 64.8 (2.5) |
| Ever smoker, % | 53.9 | 52.7 | 50.4 | 53.2 | 54.7 | 53.6 |
| Family history of cancer, % | 36.5 | 38.6 | 39.2 | 39.3 | 38.7 | 38.1 |
| Multivitamin use, % | 50.7 | 54.0 | 56.6 | 54.5 | 58.0 | 57.7 |
| Alcohol consumption, g/d | 10.6 (14.9) | 12.9 (15.6) | 13.5 (15.8) | 5.1 (8.7) | 7.7 (10.5) | 8.4 (11.2) |
| Physical activity, METs-h/week | 30.8 (27.5) | 33.6 (28.4) | 36.6 (31.2) | 16.2 (16.7) | 18.7 (18.1) | 20.2 (18.4) |
| Aspirin use, % | 42.0 | 41.9 | 42.7 | 54.3 | 54.3 | 53.3 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26.2 (3.8) | 26.0 (3.8) | 25.8 (3.7) | 25.9 (4.8) | 25 (4.3) | 24.7 (4.3) |
| Total energy intake, Kcal/day | 1952 (557) | 1994 (552) | 2067 (556) | 1696 (512) | 1763 (526) | 1857 (536) |
| AHEI-2010 | 46.7 (10.1) | 49.2 (9.7) | 51.8 (9.7) | 46.8 (9.1) | 50.2 (9.0) | 51.8 (9.2) |
| Red meat, servings/d | 1.1 (0.8) | 1.1 (0.7) | 1.0 (0.7) | 0.9 (0.5) | 0.8 (0.5) | 0.8 (0.6) |
| Fruit, servings/d | 1.5 (1.1) | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.6 (1.0) | 1.7 (1.0) | 1.9 (1.1) |
| Vegetables, servings/d | 3.0 (1.6) | 3.3 (1.6) | 3.7 (1.8) | 3.4 (1.6) | 3.8 (1.7) | 4.2 (1.8) |
| Nuts, servings/d | 0.5 (0.5) | 0.5 (0.5) | 0.6 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.4) | 0.5 (0.4) |
| Colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy, % | 25.9 | 28.0 | 28.5 | 22.6 | 24.4 | 23.8 |
| PSA screening in 1994, % | 36.5 | 35.7 | 37.5 | - | - | - |
| Mammogram, % | - | - | - | 73.0 | 74.1 | 72.4 |
| Postmenopausal hormone, % | - | - | - | 31.1 | 40.6 | 40.5 |
All variables other than age are standardized to the age distribution of all participants. Values presented as mean (SD) for continuous variables. AHEI-2010 excludes avocados. PY: person years; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; AHEI, Alternate Healthy Eating Index; PSA, prostate-specific antigen.