TABLE 1.
Dietary components at baseline, 1 y, and 4 y by baseline quartiles (Qs) among women without hot flashes in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study group1
| Baseline |
Year 1 |
Year 4 |
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| Intervention (n = 390) | Comparison (n = 377) | Intervention (n = 390) | Comparison (n = 377) | Percentage diff | P for trend2 | Intervention (n = 390) | Comparison (n = 377) | Percentage diff | P for trend2 | |
| Vegetables-fruit (servings/d) | 0.04 | 0.10 | ||||||||
| Q1: ≤4.9 | 3.8 (0.1)3 | 3.8 (0.1) | 8.9 (0.5) | 5.0 (0.2) | 77 | 7.5 (0.4) | 5.1 (0.2) | 48 | ||
| Q2: >4.9–6.7 | 5.9 (0.1) | 5.8 (0.1) | 10.5 (0.4) | 6.6 (0.2) | 60 | 8.6 (0.3) | 6.0 (0.2) | 42 | ||
| Q3: >6.7–8.9 | 7.8 (0.1) | 7.9 (0.1) | 11.7 (0.3) | 7.7 (0.3) | 54 | 10.0 (0.3) | 6.6 (0.2) | 52 | ||
| Q4: >8.9 | 11.3 (0.2) | 11.5 (0.3) | 14.3 (0.4) | 9.8 (0.3) | 46 | 12.2 (0.4) | 7.9 (0.3) | 55 | ||
| Fiber (g/d) | 0.02 | 0.07 | ||||||||
| Q1: ≤15.6 | 12.6 (0.2) | 12.2 (0.3) | 23.7 (0.9) | 15.4 (0.6) | 54 | 20.0 (0.8) | 14.4 (0.5) | 39 | ||
| Q2: >15.6–19.9 | 17.6 (0.2) | 17.5 (0.1) | 26.6 (0.9) | 18.8 (0.6) | 41 | 22.4 (0.7) | 18.0 (0.5) | 29 | ||
| Q3: >19.9–25.2 | 22.1 (0.2) | 22.6 (0.2) | 31.6 (0.8) | 22.7 (0.7) | 39 | 26.7 (0.8) | 21.2 (0.6) | 26 | ||
| Q4: >25.2 | 31.2 (0.6) | 32.0 (0.7) | 33.6 (1.0) | 28.4 (0.9) | 18 | 28.7 (0.8) | 24.0 (0.7) | 20 | ||
| Energy from fat (%) | 0.78 | 0.56 | ||||||||
| Q1: ≤23.8 | 19.5 (0.3) | 19.8 (0.3) | 18.8 (0.6) | 24.2 (0.5) | −23 | 23.2 (0.7) | 27.6 (0.7) | −16 | ||
| Q2: >23.8–28.6 | 26.2 (0.1) | 26.5 (0.2) | 21.9 (0.6) | 26.0 (0.6) | −16 | 26.9 (0.7) | 31.0 (0.8) | −13 | ||
| Q3: >28.6–33.4 | 30.9 (0.1) | 31.1 (0.1) | 25.1 (0.7) | 29.8 (0.7) | −16 | 28.6 (0.7) | 32.1 (0.7) | −11 | ||
| Q4: >33.4 | 37.3 (0.3) | 37.6 (0.3) | 26.2 (0.7) | 32.8 (0.7) | −20 | 32.0 (0.8) | 34.1 (0.8) | −6 | ||
| Fiber-to-fat ratio | 0.17 | 0.54 | ||||||||
| Q1: ≤0.25 | 0.21 (0.004) | 0.20 (0.004) | 0.57 (0.03) | 0.30 (0.02) | 90 | 0.41 (0.03) | 0.28 (0.02) | 46 | ||
| Q2: >0.25–0.36 | 0.30 (0.003) | 0.30 (0.003) | 0.72 (0.04) | 0.42 (0.02) | 71 | 0.54 (0.02) | 0.35 (0.01) | 54 | ||
| Q3: >0.36–0.54 | 0.44 (0.005) | 0.44 (0.005) | 0.80 (0.04) | 0.49 (0.03) | 63 | 0.58 (0.03) | 0.40 (0.02) | 45 | ||
| Q4: >0.54 | 0.80 (0.03) | 0.81 (0.03) | 1.13 (0.06) | 0.67 (0.03) | 69 | 0.78 (0.04) | 0.54 (0.02) | 44 | ||
1
Quartiles were determined by SAS PROC Univariate (SAS Institute, Cary, NC). diff, difference between groups.
2
Trends were tested by using general linear models in SAS.
3
Mean; SEM in parentheses (all such values).