Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants

	Women (n = 506)		Men (n = 707)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (years)	44.7	10.3	46.5	11.4
BMI (kg/m2)	24.2	3.9	25.6	3.1
Total energy intake (kcal)	1976	533	2565	749
Physical activity level	1.7	0.2	1.8	0.3
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	205	37	208	38
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	118	33	130	35
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	67	15	55	12
Total/HDL cholesterol	3.2	0.9	3.9	1.0
MDS total	4.6	1.8	4.7	1.7
	n	%	n	%
Actual smokers	78	15	103	15