Table 3.
Distribution in the ARIC cohort, at baseline visit, of dietary choline and betaine by gender and race
| Dietary Choline (mg/day) | Dietary Betaine (mg/day) | |||||
| median (IQR) | mean (SD) |
75th percentile | median (IQR) | mean (SD) |
75th percentile | |
|
All ARIC participants (N = 15,706) |
284 (152) |
304 (136) |
367 | 94 (64) |
106 (54) |
132 |
|
White Men (N = 5419) |
304 (158) |
325 (140) |
391 | 102 (70) |
115 (59) |
143 |
|
White Women (N = 6043) |
273 (141) |
288 (115) |
350 | 90 (60) |
99 (48) |
125 |
|
African American Men (N = 1618) |
295 (164) |
320 (154) |
381 | 99 (67) |
109 (58) |
136 |
|
African American Women (N = 2626) |
263 (149) |
287 (151) |
344 | 88 (56) |
99 (53) |
120 |
Note 1: the proposed A.I. for choline is 425 mg/day for women and 550 mg/day for men
Note 2: IQR represent the interquartile range and SD the standard deviation