Table 2. Demographic and lifestyle characteristics of study participants by equol phenotype.
| Equol producersa (n = 119) |
Equol nonproducersa (n = 78) |
Pb | |
| Age (years) | 38.8 ± 12.1c | 41.8 ± 12.9 | 0.11 |
| Sex [n (%)] | |||
| Male | 55 (46) | 42 (54) | 0.30 |
| Female | 64 (54) | 36 (46) | |
| Height (m) | 1.66 ± 0.08 | 1.66 ± 0.07 | 0.94 |
| Weight (kg) | 63.8 ± 11.2 | 66.4 ± 11.6 | 0.12 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.2 ± 3.0 | 24.1 ± 3.2 | 0.05 |
| Education, years [n (%)] | |||
| ≤12 | 32 (27) | 25 (32) | 0.24 |
| 13–15 | 15 (13) | 16 (21) | |
| 16 | 34 (29) | 15 (19) | |
| ≥17 | 38 (32) | 22 (28) | |
| Smoker [n (%)] | |||
| Current or former | 19 (16) | 12 (15) | 0.91 |
| Never | 100 (84) | 66 (85) | |
| Alcohol drinker [n (%)] | |||
| Yes | 17 (14) | 15 (19) | 0.36 |
| No | 102 (86) | 63 (81) |
aDetermined by soy-isoflavone challenge.
bDetermined by t test or chi-square test.
cMean ± SD (all such values).