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. 2008 Nov;31(11):2120–2125. doi: 10.2337/dc08-1085

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by quintile of DED: EPIC-Norfolk Study

DED quintiles
P value*
1 2 3 4 5
DED (kJ/g) 1.04–2.43 2.43–2.78 2.78–3.12 3.12–3.55 3.55–7.97 <0.001
Age (years) 57.2 ± 8.6 57.9 ± 9.1 58.5 ± 9.3 58.5 ± 9.5 58.6 ± 9.6 0.331
Weight (kg) 73.4 ± 13.4 73.0 ± 13.0 73.5 ± 13.0 73.4 ± 13.2 73.5 ± 12.9 <0.001
Height (cm) 165.4 ± 8.8 166.0 ± 9.0 167.0 ± 9.2 167.7 ± 9.3 168.5 ± 9.1 <0.001
Waist (cm) 87.0 ± 12.5 87.2 ± 12.4 88.1 ± 12.2 88.3 ± 12.2 88.8 ± 12.0 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 26.8 ± 4.1 26.4 ± 3.9 26.3 ± 3.8 26.0 ± 3.8 25.8 ± 3.7 <0.001
Energy intake (kJ/day) 6,493.0 ± 1,568.4 7,713.2 ± 1,720.7 8,526.5 ± 1,836.5 9,405.6 ± 2,099.5 10,904.8 ± 2,705.9 <0.001
Fat intake (g/day) 50.0 ± 15.9 65.2 ± 18.2 75.9 ± 20.3 87.3 ± 23.9 106.6 ± 32.2 <0.001
Energy from fat (%) 29.0 ± 5.8 31.8 ± 5.2 33.5 ± 5.2 34.9 ± 5.0 36.6 ± 5.2 <0.001
Alcohol (g/day) 10.0 ± 15.7 9.9 ± 14.0 8.7 ± 12.6 7.9 ± 11.3 6.8 ± 9.8 <0.001
Occupational status <0.001
    Professional 305 (7.1) 330.00 (7.7) 303 (7.0) 292 (6.8) 262 (6.1)
    Managerial and technical 1,709 (39.7) 1,646 (38.3) 1,617 (37.5) 1,540 (35.7) 1,387 (32.3)
    Skilled nonmanual 683 (15.9) 730 (17.0) 731 (17.0) 683 (15.9) 717 (16.7)
    Skilled manual 943 (21.9) 910 (21.2) 944 (21.9) 1,048 (24.3) 1,115 (25.9)
    Partly skilled 525 (12.2) 547.00 (12.7) 548 (12.7) 578 (13.4) 634 (14.7)
    Unskilled 125 (2.9) 128.00 (3.0) 153 (3.6) 153 (3.6) 173 (4.0)
Smoking <0.001
    Current 610 (14.0) 509 (11.7) 470 (10.8) 494 (11.4) 484 (11.2)
    Former 1,810 (41.6) 1,785 (41.0) 1,761 (40.5) 1,835 (42.2) 1,718 (39.7)
    Never 1,935 (44.4) 2,063 (47.4) 2,115 (48.7) 2,016 (46.4) 2,131 (49.2)
Physical activity <0.001
    Inactive 1,235 (28.2) 1,279 (29.2) 1,272 (29.0) 1,272 (29.0) 1,276 (29.1)
    Moderately inactive 1,313 (30.0) 1,353 (30.9) 1,290 (29.4) 1,246 (28.4) 1,142 (26.1)
    Moderately active 1,026 (23.4) 981 (22.4) 1,032 (23.5) 1,005 (22.9) 1,029 (23.5)
    Active 810 (18.5) 771 (17.6) 790 (18.0) 861 (19.6) 935 (21.3)
Family history of diabetes (yes) 552 (12.6) 535 (12.2) 566 (12.9) 570 (13.0) 522 (11.9) 0.487
Obesity status <0.001
    Normal 1,561 (35.7) 1,708 (39.1) 1,711 (39.1) 1,855 (42.4) 1,867 (42.7)
    Overweight 2,012 (46) 1,946 (44.5) 2,027 (46.3) 1,922 (43.9) 1,964 (44.9)
    Obesity 787 (18.0) 706 (16.2) 628 (14.3) 571 (13.1) 510 (11.7)

Data are range, means ± SD, or n (%).

*

P values are from ANOVA for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables.