Table 2.

Characteristics of Participants According to Quartile of Daily Cholesterol Intake, Omega Cohort Study, Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, 1996–2008

Characteristic	Quartile of Dietary Cholesterol Intake, mg/day								P for Trend
	<151 (n = 792)		151–209 (n = 797)		210–293 (n = 787)		≥294 (n = 782)
	Mean	%	Mean	%	Mean	%	Mean	%
Maternal age, years	32.4		32.6		32.8		33.1		<0.001
Prepregnancy body mass indexa	23.1		23.1		23.7		23.9		<0.001
Non-Hispanic white race/ethnicity		87.0		89.3		87.2		87.1	0.72
<12 years of education		3.3		2.6		3.7		2.8	0.90
Not married		9.3		8.7		10.4		11.6	0.07
Nulliparous		66.2		62.5		58.8		61.3	0.02
Smoked during pregnancy		4.2		5.0		6.4		6.1	0.05
Prenatal vitamin use		97.9		97.4		97.3		98.0	0.92
No leisure-time physical activity		11.4		13.8		12.5		10.9	0.59
History of hypertension		3.9		3.5		4.2		5.2	0.15
Family history of hypertension		49.2		47.8		50.6		49.1	0.77
Family history of diabetes		12.9		12.4		13.6		15.1	0.15
Daily dietary intake
Total energy, kcal	1,244		1,585		1,844		2,202		<0.001
Total fiber, gb	23.6		22.4		20.7		19.0		<0.001
Saturated fat, gb	21.1		23.4		25.4		28.6		<0.001
Polyunsaturated fat, gb	13.6		14.0		14.5		15.0		<0.001
Monounsaturated fat, gb	21.3		23.0		24.9		27.8		<0.001
Trans fat, gb	2.06		2.28		2.49		2.79		<0.001
Omega-3 fatty acids, gb	1.51		1.60		1.68		1.77		<0.001
Vitamin C, mgb	156		13		137		124		<0.001
Vitamin E, mgb	17.0		16.0		15.6		15.0		<0.001
Eggs, no.	0.10		0.21		0.37		0.86		<0.001
Fruit, no. of servings	2.20		2.34		2.57		2.78		<0.001
Vegetables, no. of servings	1.64		1.91		2.02		2.31		<0.001
Low-fat dairy foods, no. of servings	1.66		2.04		2.21		2.44		<0.001
Whole-grain foods, no. of servings	0.49		0.56		0.68		0.79		<0.001
Red and processed meats, no. of servings	0.33		0.57		0.74		0.98		<0.001

^aWeight (kg)/height (m)².

^bAdjusted for energy intake.