Table 3.
Characteristics of postmenopausal women in the NHANES III according to postmenopausal hormone use
| Variable | Never | Past use | Current |
| Participants, n | 2446 | 607 | 453 |
| Age (years) | 64 | 63 | 56 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Diuretic use (%) | 18 | 18 | 16 |
| Hypertension (%) | 43 | 48 | 34 |
| Alcohol intake (servings/day) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Total meat intake (servings/day) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Seafood intake (servings/day) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Dairy food intake (servings/day) | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Sweetened soft drink intake (servings/day) | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Coffee intake (servings/day) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Uric acid drug usea (%) | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Data are presented incorporating sample weights and adjusted for clusters and strata of the complex sample design of NHANES III. aAllopurinol and uricosuric agents.