TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants according to egg consumption
| Baseline characteristics | Weekly egg consumption |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| <0.5 |
0.5 to <5 |
≥5 |
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| (n = 316) | (n = 1199) | (n = 337) | ||
| Mean ± SE1 | P-trend | |||
| Age (y) | 49.3 ± 0.49 | 48.2 ± 0.25 | 47.9 ± 0.48 | 0.055 |
| Height (inches) | 66.4 ± 0.14 | 66.4 ± 0.07 | 66.7 ± 0.14 | 0.127 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.1 ± 0.25 | 25.9 ± 0.13 | 26.8 ± 0.24 | 0.035 |
| Physical activity index (metabolic-eq/d) | 12.6 ± 0.45 | 12.5 ± 0.23 | 13.3 ± 0.44 | 0.299 |
| Dietary intakes | ||||
| Energy intake (kcals/d) | 1731 ± 25 | 1926 ± 13 | 2067 ± 25 | <0.0001 |
| Dietary cholesterol (mg) | 172 ± 4.42 | 243.6 ± 2.27 | 401.9 ± 4.3 | <0.0001 |
| % calories from protein | 17.6 ± 0.18 | 16.8 ± 0.09 | 16.4 ± 0.18 | <0.0001 |
| % calories from carbohydrate | 47.7 ± 0.44 | 46.2 ± 0.23 | 43.9 ± 0.43 | <0.0001 |
| % calories from fat | 32.8 ± 0.36 | 35.2 ± 0.18 | 38 ± 0.35 | <0.0001 |
| % calories from saturated fat | 10.9 ± 0.16 | 12.1 ± 0.08 | 13.3 ± 0.16 | <0.0001 |
| Fruit and nonstarchy vegetables (cup-eq/d) | 2.7 ± 0.08 | 2.6 ± 0.04 | 2.3 ± 0.08 | 0.002 |
| Whole grains (oz-eq/d) | 0.6 ± 0.04 | 0.6 ± 0.02 | 0.5 ± 0.04 | 0.043 |
| Dairy (cup-eq/d) | 1.3 ± 0.05 | 1.4 ± 0.03 | 1.4 ± 0.05 | 0.161 |
| Dietary fiber (g/d) | 16.3 ± 0.34 | 16.2 ± 0.17 | 15.5 ± 0.33 | 0.077 |
| Baseline lipids | ||||
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 202.7 ± 1.88 | 204.9 ± 0.96 | 202.5 ± 1.83 | 0.912 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 127.9 ± 1.67 | 131 ± 0.85 | 127 ± 1.62 | 0.655 |
| LDL cholesterol–to–HDL cholesterol ratio | 2.7 ± 0.05 | 2.7 ± 0.03 | 2.6 ± 0.05 | 0.567 |
| Log of triglycerides | 4.6 ± 0.03 | 4.5 ± 0.01 | 4.6 ± 0.03 | 0.800 |
| Percent of subjects | N (column %) | |||
| Male | 114 (36.1) | 513 (42.8) | 198 (58.8) | <0.0001 |
| Smoker (current) | 68 (21.5) | 252 (21.0) | 81 (24.0) | 0.493 |
| More than high school | 158 (57.3) | 690 (64.1) | 182 (61.3) | 0.102 |
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Adjusted for sex.