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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Nutrition. 2009 Apr 28;25(9):896–904. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.02.003

Table 1.

Characteristics of total sample and sub-sample of plausible reporters of dietary intake

Total Sample (n=298) Plausible Sample (n=123)

Sex (% female) 66% 67%
Ethnicity (% non-white) 18% 19%
Smoking (% smoked in past 30 days) 18% 19%
Age (years) 20.1 ± 1.7 20.1 ± 1.6
Height (m) 1.7 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.1
Weight (kg) 68.4 ± 13.3 68.1 ± 13.0
BMI (kg/m2) 23.6 ± 3.4 23.6 ± 3.5
Waist circumference (cm) 76.4 ± 9.4 76.1 ± 9.4
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 86.7 ± 41.1 83.3 ± 40.7
HDL-cholestrol (mg/dL) 55.6 ± 13.6 56.1 ± 14.3
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 110.7 ± 8.2 109.6 ± 7.9
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 71.8 ± 6.9 71.2 ± 6.4
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) 90.5 ± 7.1 90.2 ± 6.8
Two-hour glucose (mg/dL) 93.6 ± 22.3 95.3 ± 25.0
Fasting insulin (IU/ml) 7.0 ± 4.5 6.9 ± 4.4
Two-hour insulin (IU/ml) 33.6 ± 19.6 35.3 ± 20.5
Daily energy intake (kcal) 2198.2 ± 1193.5 2349.2 ± 632.9
Dietary fiber (g/day) 19.9 ± 11.2 21.2 ± 8.3
Dietary fiber density (g/kcal) 9.5 ± 3.4 9.1 ± 3.0
Carbohydrates (g/day) 281.4 ± 147.4 298.6 ± 85.2
% energy from carbohydrates 51.9 ± 7.2 51.1 ± 7.4
Protein (g/day) 84.1 ± 49.9 89.3 ± 32.2
% energy from protein 15.3 ± 3.2 15.1 ± 3.0
Fat (g/day) 76.2 ± 45.0 83.4 ± 27.0
% energy from fat 31.0 ± 5.6 32.0 ± 5.4

NOTE: Values reported are means ± SD, unless otherwise noted. Statistical tests to detect differences between total sample and plausible sample were not conducted, because samples are not independent; therefore, no p-values are reported.