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Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2013 Jan 29;6(2):171–183. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.112.964619

Table 1. CHARGE cohort characteristics^*.

Cohort	n	Age, years	Men, %	BMI, kg/m²	Fat intake, % of total energy^†	Carbohydrate intake, % of total energy^†	Alcohol intake, g/day^†	Plasma concentration, % of total fatty acids^‡
Cohort	n	Age, years	Men, %	BMI, kg/m²	Fat intake, % of total energy^†	Carbohydrate intake, % of total energy^†	Alcohol intake, g/day^†	16:0	16:1n-7	18:0	18:1n-9
ARIC	3269	53.8 (5.6)	48.7	27.0 (4.6)	34.0 (6.4)	46.5 (8.6)	8.2 (13.8)	25.4 (1.6)	0.64 (0.18)	13.3 (1.2)	8.6 (1.1)
CARDIA	1507	45.8 (3.4)	46.7	27.8 (5.9)	35.9 (8.7)	46.6 (9.1)	10.5 (19.8)	25.1 (1.8)	0.56 (0.22)	12.9 (1.6)	8.2 (1.2)
CHS	2404	72.0 (5.1)	38.4	26.4 (4.4)	32.2 (6.0)	53.8 (6.9)	5.2 (12.3)	25.5 (1.6)	0.51 (0.21)	13.4 (1.1)	7.6 (1.1)
InCHIANTI	1075	68.4 (15.5)	45.1	27.1 (4.2)	30.9 (5.1)	51.6 (6.8)	15.3 (20.9)	22.5 (2.4)	2.4 (0.9)	6.5 (1.0)	25.9 (3.7)
MESA	706	61.6 (10.4)	47	27.7 (5.2)	33.8 (7.1)	49.1 (8.5)	8.8 (14.6)	25.8 (1.9)	0.61 (0.25)	12.7 (1.6)	8.3 (1.2)

Values are mean (SD) except where indicated otherwise.

^†

Number of subjects in each cohort with dietary data were: ARIC, n=3192; CARDIA, n=1173; CHS, n=2404; InCHIANTI, n=1059 and MESA, n=658.

^‡

Fatty acids were measured in total plasma (InCHIANTI), and plasma phospholipid (all other cohorts).

Table 1. CHARGE cohort characteristics*.