TABLE 1.

Basic socio economic and lifestyle characteristics of the AHS-2^a cohort expressed as percentages or mean [SD^d] by dietary pattern.

	Non Vegetarian (n=33634)	Semi Vegetarian (n=4042)	Pesco Vegetarian (n=6583)	Lacto Ovo Vegetarian (n=21799)	Strict Vegetarian (n=5694)	Pb
Age Group (years)						<0.001
30 – 54.9	47.1	39.2	40.4	39.3	40.1
55 – 69.9	33.0	33.4	33.1	31.3	32.9
≥70	20.0	27.4	26.5	29.1	26.9
Sex						<0.001
Female	64.5	67.3	66.7	63.5	63.2
Male	33.5	32.7	33.3	36.6	36.8
Race						<0.001
Black	29.4	14.4	31.6	20.7	16.9
White	70.6	85.6	68.4	89.3	83.1
Education						<0.001
High School or less	24.6	23.0	19.6	15.2	18.5
Some College	30.7	28.1	26.8	24.7	27.7
College Degree	44.6	48.9	53.6	60.1	53.9
Vigorous Physical Activity (min/day)						<0.001
≥45	32.5	29.4	31.9	27.9	29.2
Alcohol consumption						<0.001
Never	46.6	61.1	62.4	74.1	66.8
Past	41.7	34.3	33.2	24.0	32.8
Current	11.8	4.4	4.4	1.9	0.4
Smoking						<0.001
Never	71.8	78.8	81.4	86.9	82.7
Past	26.2	20.8	18.2	13.0	17.2
Current	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1
BMIc (kg/m2)						<0.001
<25	29.4	38.8	46.6	50.3	66.9
25–29.9	37.3	37.0	35.5	33.0	23.7
≥30	33.3	24.2	17.9	16.7	9.4
Mean[SDd]	28.7[6.4]	27.3[5.6]	26.2[5.2]	25.9[5.2]	24.0[4.8]

^aAHS-2=Adventist Health Study 2.

^bChi-square tests were used to test differences between dietary pattern and P values are reported.

^cBMI=Body mass index.

^dSD=Standard Deviation.