TABLE 1.

Baseline Characteristics by Quintiles of Total Dairy Intake Among 26,556 Men in the ATBC Study^*

	Quintiles of total dairy intake
	1	2	3	4	5
Median intake, g/d	286.5	560.4	756.2	968.0	1295.6
Age, years	57.2	57.7	57.9	57.9	57.4
Elementary school education, %	35.0	24.6	18.7	16.5	13.9
Smoking, cigarettes/d	20.7	20.3	19.8	20.1	21.2
Body mass index, kg/m2	26.0	26.0	26.2	26.3	26.8
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	143.0	141.6	141.6	141.6	141.8
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	88.2	87.5	87.4	87.4	87.6
Serum total cholesterol, mmol/L	6.22	6.27	6.27	6.23	6.21
Serum HDL cholesterol, mmol/L	1.21	1.20	1.19	1.18	1.19
Diabetes, %	5.2	5.4	5.7	6.2	6.5
History of heart disease, %	10.7	10.8	11.6	10.9	10.9
Physically active, %†	57.5	59.6	59.9	60.3	56.2
Daily intake
Energy, kcal	2254	2410	2618	2848	3327
Alcohol, g	22.8	18.1	16.8	16.2	16.5
Caffeine, mg	553.8	561.6	551.0	555.8	565.5
Sugar, g	36.8	37.6	37.3	35.6	32.9
Red meat, g	69.3	68.2	70.5	72.3	76.5
Poultry, g	14.7	12.9	12.0	11.6	11.2
Fish, g	39.0	37.5	38.4	40.0	42.1
Fruits, g	92.5	90.0	92.8	92.3	96.1
Fruit juices, g	29.8	23.3	22.2	22.2	24.2
Vegetables, g‡	91.6	82.9	80.3	78.1	77.9
Potatoes, g	163.2	171.3	181.1	188.0	196.0
Whole grains, g	194.1	217.5	239.0	254.9	280.1
Refined grains, g	84.4	94.9	107.4	117.3	141.4

^*All variables except age are standardized to the age distribution of the cohort. Values are means unless otherwise indicated.

^†Moderate or heavy activity at leisure time.

^‡Excludes potatoes and legumes.