Table 2.

Age-standardized characteristics, Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, 1986–2008, and Nurses’ Health Study, 1980–2006 ^*

	Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (n=43,150)									Nurses’ Health Study (n=84,010)

	Red Meat			Poultry			Fish			Red Meat			Poultry			Fish

Quintiles	1st	3rd	5th	1st	3rd	5th	1st	3rd	5th	1st	3rd	5th	1st	3rd	5th	1st	3rd	5^th
Median intake (servings/day)	0.30	1.03	2.29	0.14	0.40	0.72	0.07	0.28	0.64	0.44	1.00	1.92	0.14	0.28	0.54	0.07	0.18	0.45
Age (yrs)	62	62	61	61	62	62	61	62	62	61	58	53	54	59	59	54	60	59
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	25	26	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	25	26	27	25	26	27
Current Smoker (%)	3	6	9	9	5	3	7	6	5	13	15	22	23	16	11	21	15	13
Family History of Early MI (%)	14	11	11	10	12	14	11	12	14	19	19	18	17	19	20	17	19	20
History of:
High Blood Pressure (%)	32	34	34	30	34	37	32	35	35	32	34	33	30	34	37	31	34	37
High Cholesterol (%)	41	40	34	29	40	45	34	41	41	37	37	30	26	38	41	30	39	39
Current Post- Menopausal Hormone Use (%)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	27	21	19	27	28	22	28	25
Aspirin Use At Least Once Per Week (%)	36	37	30	31	37	35	33	37	35	20	21	24	24	20	20	22	18	23
Multivitamin Use (yrs)	8.5	8.5	7.7	7.4	8.3	8.8	8.3	8.7	8.1	8.2	7.4	5.9	5.8	7.6	8.4	6.1	7.9	7.9
Vitamin E Supplement Use (yes/no)	26	18	12	17	21	19	16	19	23	30	24	16	17	26	27	19	27	26
Alcohol (g/day)	9	12	13	11	12	11	10	12	12	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6
Activity (METS/wk)	38	34	34	31	35	38	32	35	38	21	17	15	15	17	20	14	17	21
Calories (Kcal/day)	1685	1924	2408	1814	1972	2178	1860	1988	2107	1373	1651	2012	1521	1681	1831	1542	1695	1767
Cereal Fiber (g/day)	8.1	6.3	5.0	6.3	6.6	6.5	6.2	6.5	6.7	4.4	3.8	2.9	3.5	4.0	3.9	3.5	4.1	3.9
Trans-Unsaturated Fat (g/day)	2.3	3.1	3.4	3.2	2.9	2.7	3.4	3.0	2.5	2.9	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.4	3.0	3.8	3.4	3.0

Mean values given for continuous variables, percentages of population given for dichotomous variables, and nutrients are calorie-adjusted by the residual method