Table 5.
Baseline characteristicsa across quintiles of the Unhealthy Eating Index, ACLS 1987–99
|
Quintiles of the Unhealthy Eating Indexb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 (Healthiest) | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 (Least Healthy) | |
| General characteristics | |||||
| N | 2724 | 2724 | 2725 | 2724 | 2724 |
| Age (years) | 50.0 (10.7) | 48.1 (10.0) | 47.3 (10.2) | 45.2 (9.6) | 43.7 (9.3) |
| Men (%) | 60.7 | 65.5 | 74.6 | 83.6 | 94.1 |
| Women (%) | 39.3 | 34.5 | 25.4 | 16.4 | 5.9 |
| Physical activity (%) | |||||
| Inactive | 15.2 | 19.9 | 25.8 | 29.0 | 39.5 |
| Moderately active | 49.7 | 51.6 | 50.0 | 49.5 | 44.7 |
| Highly active | 35.1 | 28.5 | 24.2 | 21.5 | 15.8 |
| Cardiorespiratory fitness (%) | |||||
| Low | 4.6 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 10.6 | 16.8 |
| Moderate | 21.6 | 27.0 | 30.6 | 34.5 | 40.3 |
| High | 73.8 | 67.6 | 61.8 | 54.9 | 42.9 |
| Smoking status (%) | |||||
| Never smoker | 60.1 | 57.9 | 56.0 | 55.3 | 50.3 |
| Former smoker | 35.0 | 24.7 | 34.1 | 31.4 | 31.1 |
| Current smoker | 5.0 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 18.6 |
| Alcohol intake (%) | |||||
| Light or non-drinker (less than 5 drinks/week) | 92.9 | 90.3 | 87.8 | 83.3 | 79.6 |
| Heavy drinker (5 drinks or more/week) | 7.1 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 16.7 | 20.5 |
| Energy intake | |||||
| Absolute (kcal/day) | 1834 (576) | 1922 (558) | 2064 (553) | 2265 (585) | 2668 (894) |
| Relative to weight (kcal/kg/day) | 11.9 (4.2) | 11.9 (3.8) | 12.3 (3.9) | 12.8 (3.9) | 14.1 (5.5) |
| Clinical variables | |||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.3 (3.9) | 24.9 (3.6) | 25.5 (3.9) | 26.3 (4.3) | 27.6 (4.5) |
| Mean arterial pressure (mm Hg) | 92 (11) | 93 (10) | 93 (10) | 94 (10) | 96 (10) |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 203.6 (39.2) | 206.2 (40.7) | 207.6 (40.0) | 208.3 (40.8) | 211.3 (40.5) |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | 55.9 (16.7) | 54.0 (16.3) | 52.3 (15.6) | 49.5 (14.4) | 46.3 (13.0) |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 101.2 (65.1) | 113.0 (86.2) | 119.8 (78.6) | 133.1 (97.0) | 149.2 (112.6) |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dl) | 97.1 (14.2) | 98.5 (16.5) | 98.8 (14.4) | 100.1 (19.8) | 101.6 (19.3) |
| Uric acid (mg/dl) | 5.0 (1.4) | 5.2 (1.4) | 5.5 (1.4) | 5.8 (1.4) | 6.1 (1.4) |
| White blood cell count (cells/mm3) | 5641 (1411) | 5764 (1418) | 5906 (1427) | 5964 (1394) | 6239 (1505) |
aData presented as mean (SD) for continuous variables or prevalence for categorical variables.
bP < 0.05 between quintiles for all variables.