Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by quartiles of dietary vitamin D intake (N=7,385): The Honolulu Heart Program.

	Dietary vitamin D intake quartiles (microgram/day)
	Q 1 (0-1.12 μg)	Q 2 (1.12-2.23 μg)	Q 3 (2.23-4.13 μg)	Q 4 (4.13-211.60 μg)	p for trend
N	1847	1845	1847	1846
Age (years)	54.80 ± 5.66	54.60 ± 5.61	54.37 ± 5.49	53.92 ± 5.47	<0.0001
Total kilocalories *	1999.6 ± 630.93	2197.0 ± 642.79	2267.1 ± 639.16	2419.9 ± 644.42	<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2) *	24.22 ± 3.12	23.90 ± 3.14	23.67 ± 2.95	23.45 ± 3.00	<0.0001
Hypertension (%) *	0.45.68 ± 0.49.34	0.44.40 ± 0.49.50	0.38.34 ± 0.48.04	0.36.13 ±0.47.42	<0.0001
Diabetes Mellitus (%) *	0.08.79 ± 0.28.42	0.07.54 ± 0.26.52	0.09.46 ± 0.29.15	0.11.33 ± 0.31.34	0.002
Pack-years smoking *	24.83 ± 25.14	23.67 ± 24.09	23.83 ± 23.85	22.77 ± 24.15	0.019
Physical activity index *	32.62 ± 4.36	32.91 ± 4.54	32.81 ± 4.41	33.04 ± 4.63	0.012
Serum cholesterol (mg/dl) *	218.65 ± 37.94	216.71 ± 39.66	218.58 ± 37.89	219.96 ± 36.65	0.146
alcohol intake (oz/month) *	16.74 ± 27.09	14.98 ± 25.00	12.32 ± 22.47	10.32 ± 21.39	<0.0001

^*Adjusted for age at baseline