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. 2015 Jul 31;10(7):e0134406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134406

Table 1. Description of study population.

    Overall
    N %
Sex
Male 80 55.6%
Female 64 44.4%
Smoking Status
Never 60 41.7%
Former 65 45.1%
Current 19 13.2%
Recent NSAID Use
No 89 62.7%
Yes 53 37.3%
Alcohol Long Term and Current (gm/day)
Low 53 36.8%
Mod 68 47.2%
High 23 16.0%
Beer Long Term & Current (gm/day)
Low 88 61.1%
Mod 38 26.4%
High 18 12.5%
Wine Long Term & Current (gm/day)
Low 74 51.4%
Mod 47 32.6%
High 23 16.0%
Liquor Long Term & Current (gm/day)
Low 76 52.8%
Mod 44 30.6%
High 24 16.7%
    Median Inter-quartile Range
Beta carotene (mcg/1000 KCAL)      
Low 1 912.3 (668.7, 1058.6)
Intermediate 1882.1 (1550.4, 2055.5)
High 3287.4 (2647.2, 4583.7)
Lutein + Zeaxanthin (mcg/1000 KCAL)
Low 622.9 (530.2, 745.9)
Intermediate 1014.3 (918.7, 1081.7)
High 1650.0 (1388.6, 2172.1)
Lycopene (mcg/1000 KCAL)
Low 1424.5 (1075.8, 1846.6)
Intermediate 2809.5 (2428.2, 3133.7)
High 4723.0 (3994.0, 5891.7)
Total Alpha Tocopherol (mg/1000 KCAL)
Low 3.1 (2.8, 3.3)
Intermediate 4.1 (4.0, 4.4)
High 5.4 (5.0, 6.4)
Vitamin C (mg/1000 KCAL)
Low 37.0 (32.2, 44.7)
Intermediate 61.6 (56.1, 65.8)
High 109.4 (88.5, 132.2)
Oxidative Balance Score
Low 10.0 (8.8, 11.0)
Intermediate 14.0 (13.0, 14.8)
High 17.5 (16.0, 19.0)

1Categories are based on tertiles of the population of approximately 48 people per category