Table 1. Characteristics and intake of certain foods and nutrients by diet group among men.
| Meat eaters (n = 168) | Fish eaters (n = 168) | Vegetarians (n = 167) | Vegans (n = 167) | ||||||
| Characteristics | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p1 |
| Age (years) | 44.8 | 10.5 | 44.8 | 10.8 | 44.8 | 10.3 | 45.0 | 11.1 | >0.9 |
| BMI (kg/m2)2 | 24.9 | 3.1 | 23.2 | 2.9 | 23.3 | 2.6 | 22.4 | 3.2 | <0.0001 |
| Current smoking (n)3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 0.1 | ||||
1
Differences in means, medians and proportions were assessed using ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis tests and χ2 tests, respectively.
2
Data are missing for one or more participants: 30 for BMI and 4 for dairy milk.
3
The numbers of current smokers (current light+current heavy) are shown; the p-value corresponds to differences in proportions between all smoking categories (never, former, current light and current heavy) by diet group.
4
Total meat comprises red meat, processed meat, liver and poultry.
5
Fructose-rich drinks comprise fruit juice and sugar sweetened soft drinks.