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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Invest. 2011 Jan 12;41(6):659–666. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02455.x

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics categorized by coffee consumption (n=2332)

0 time/wk
(n=1434)
<1time/wk
(n=437)
1~6 times/wk
(n=321)
≥7times/wk
(n=140)
p
value
Male (n, %) 691(48.2%) 212(48.5%) 160(49.8%) 70(50.0%) 0.939
Age (years) 58.7±12.0 54.1±10.0 53.8±10.5 53.7±10.8 <0.001
Height (cm) 160.3±8.0 161.0±7.9 162.1±8.1 160.6±8.2 0.003
Weight (kg) 62.7±10.9 63.2±11.3 64.4±10.9 62.6±10.9 0.077
BMI (kg/m2) 24.3±3.4 24.3±3.2 24.4±3.3 24.2±3.3 0.852
Waist circumference (cm) 81.6±10.2 80.8±9.7 81.7±9.8 80.8±10.5 0.416
Systolic BP (mmHg) 138.2±22.6 131.0±20.1 133.2±20.9 130.9±20.3 <0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 79.6±12.5 77.8±12.4 78.5±12.4 77.2±11.9 0.010
Glucose (mmol/l) 5.83±1.69 5.64±1.55 5.55±1.04 5.50±1.28 0.002
Total cholesterol (mmol/l) 5.23±0.98 5.23±0.97 5.35±0.95 5.41±0.97 0.042
Triglycerides(mmol/l) 1.36±0.98 1.40±1.25 1.40±1.12 1.37±1.13 0.882
HDL-C (mmol/l) 1.19±0.33 1.18±0.32 1.19±0.31 1.21±0.35 0.729
Total cholesterol/ HDL-C 4.63±1.21 4.69±1.28 4.74±1.36 4.75±1.37 0.436
Fat (%) 16.7±4.7 16.8±4.5 17.0±4.0 18.0±4.8 0.013
Protein (%) 16.4±3.2 16.2±3.0 16.2±3.0 16.0±2.9 0. 240
Carbohydrate (%) 67.8±7.7 68.0±7.6 68.2±7.0 67.4±7.8 0.726
Magnesium (mg/day) 288±143 285±141 308±141 317±133 0.016
Tea consumption (%) 62.3 % 81.2 % 84.3 % 72.1 % <0.001
Smoking (%) <0.001
 Never 72.5% 75.1% 73.5% 61.4%
 Former 12.9% 10.0% 9.7% 8.6%
 Current 14.6% 14.4% 16.8% 30.0%
Alcohol drinking 0.002
 Never 72.8% 68.9% 72.9% 72.1%
 Former 6.3% 2.7% 5.0% 2.1%
 Current 20.9% 28.4% 22.1% 25.7%
Betel nut chewing 0.279
 Never 91.0% 90.6% 91.8% 88.6%
 Former 5.9% 5.9% 3.1% 6.4%
 Current 3.1% 3.4% 5.0% 5.0%
Physical activity 0.001
 None/seldom 30.1% 37.3% 33.3% 43.6%
 Regular 69.9% 62.7% 66.7% 56.4%
Income <0.001
 Low 52.8% 38.4% 40.8% 44.5%
 Middle 37.8% 47.2% 46.5% 46.0%
 High 9.3% 14.4% 12.7% 9.5%
Education <0.001
 Low 29.9% 14.9% 14.7% 22.1%
 Middle 39.0% 44.5% 42.8% 45.0%
 High 31.1% 40.6% 42.5% 32.9%

ANOVA test was used for comparing mean values of continuous variables between groups; data were shown as means ± SD;

Pearson’s χ2 test was used for categorical data; data were shown as percentage.