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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Elder. 2006;25(3-4):23–40. doi: 10.1300/J052v25n02_03

Table 3.

Average percentage of servings of sugar- and fat-modified foods among RUN Phase 2 study participants, according to various disease states

Food Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease Hypertension Obese
Yes (n=53) No (n=68) Yes (n =48) No (n =73) Yes (n=93) No (n=28) Yes (n =60) No (n =58)
Sugar Modified
 Sweetener 45.2 11.5** 27.6 26.7 27.9 24.4 26.3 28.7
 Pre-sweetened Beverages 40.5 13.2** 27.2 24.0 30.6 7.9** 28.2 21.9
 Iced Tea 48.3 18.2** 36.0 26.7 27.5 38.0 30.6 29.6
Fat Modified
 Beef or Pork 40.6 31.7 33.5 37.0 35.9 34.5 33.1 38.6
 Poultry 65.9 68.7 59.9 72.4 67.6 67.2 64.6 70.5
 Cold Cuts and Sausage 7.0 9.7 8.6 8.5 8.0 10.7 7.3 8.9
 Milk 69.5 60.9 68.9 61.9 62.7 71.0 66.9 61.9
 Cheese 28.8 15.0 17.9 24.5 21.1 23.7 18.7 25.2
 Cream 14.3 21.6 31.2 9.1 15.4 25.8 25.5 11.1
 Butter or Margarine 27.3 14.5** 21.5 19.3 22.8 11.4** 18.5 24.3
 Salad Dressing 9.3 0.4** 3.6 5.1 5.5 1.2 0.8 8.1**

 Gravy, Sauces or Condiments 88.7 66.4** 77.9 74.8 77.7 70.7 77.8 73.0
*

Percentages in each cell are the percentage of servings of modified sugar and fat foods relative to all foods in that category. For example, the percentage of sugar-modified sweetener is calculated as the average number of servings per day for sugar-modified sweetener divided the average number of servings of sugar and sweetener

Reduced fat, low fat, or fat free

**

p≤0.05 using a two-sample t-test