TABLE 1.
Correlations between estimates of SF from different sources in the MESA (n = 5209)1
| Dairy SF | Meat SF | Butter SF | Plant SF | SF from mixed sources | |
| Total SF | 0.62 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.07 | 0.33 |
| Dairy SF | 1 | −0.04 | 0.11 | −0.001 | −0.12 |
| Meat SF | 1 | 0.1 | −0.04 | 0.15 | |
| Butter SF | 1 | 0.09 | 0.11 | ||
| Plant SF | 1 | −0.06 |
1
Correlations were adjusted for age, sex, and race-ethnicity. All correlations were significant at the 0.05 significance level except for the correlation between dairy and plant SF (r = −0.001). MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; SF, saturated fat.