TABLE 2.

Mean (±SD) age-standardized baseline flavonoid intake and overall diet (in 1984–1986) of healthy agers and usual agers in the Nurses’ Health Study¹

Intake	Healthy agers (n = 1517)	Usual agers (n = 12,301)
Flavonols,2 mg/d	20.1 ± 12.8	19.1 ± 12.6
Flavones, mg/d	2.4 ± 1.3	2.2 ± 1.2
Flavanones, mg/d	52.2 ± 36.9	47.0 ± 33.3
Flavan-3-ol monomers, mg/d	54.0 ± 64.6	51.9 ± 62.2
Flavan-3-ol polymers, mg/d	233 ± 219	219 ± 211
Anthocyanins, mg/d	14.3 ± 16.9	12.2 ± 12.1
Total flavonoids,2 mg/d	376 ± 298	352 ± 282
Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 score	53.0 ± 10.4	50.6 ± 10.1

¹All values are average of intakes from 1984 and 1986 dietary assessments, except for flavonols, of which intakes were ascertained in 1990.

²Values are given for the subgroup of women with flavonols ascertained in 1990 (i.e., 11,040 usual agers and 1401 healthy agers).