TABLE 1.

Selective characteristics of postmenopausal women by dietary fiber intake (n = 185,598)

	Dietary fiber intake
	Quintile 1	Quintile 3	Quintile 5
Dietary fiber intake (g/d)1	11	17	26
Age at baseline (y)	62 ± 52	62 ± 5	63 ± 5
White, non-Hispanic (%)	90	90	87
College or postcollege education (%)	46	54	60
BMI (kg/m2)	27.1 ± 6.3	27.0 ± 5.9	26.1 ± 5.6
Physical activity, ≥3 times/wk (%)	27	41	57
Current smoker (%)	28	12	7
Age at first birth and parity (%)
Nulliparous	14	14	15
<30 y and ≤2 children	31	31	32
<30 y and ≥3 children	49	50	47
≥30 y	5	6	6
Age at menopause (%)
<50 y	63	60	58
50 to <55 y	31	33	34
≥55 y	6	7	8
Family history of breast cancer (%)	12	12	12
Breast biopsy (%)	23	25	25
Menopausal hormone therapy use (%)
Never	51	46	45
<5 y	19	19	19
5–9 y	11	14	14
≥10 y	19	21	22
Gynecological surgery (%)
No	54	54	55
Both oophorectomy and hysterectomy	22	23	22
Oophorectomy only	4	4	3
Hysterectomy only	20	20	20
Fruit and vegetable intake (servings/1000 kcal)	2.6 ± 1.1	4.2 ± 1.2	6.8 ± 2.1
Alcohol intake (g/d)	11 ± 28	5 ± 11	3 ± 7
Total fat intake (% total energy/d)	34 ± 8	31 ± 7	25 ± 6
Total energy intake (kcal/d)	1580 ± 720	1577 ± 638	1543 ± 636

¹Values are medians.

²Mean ± SD (all such values).