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. 2016 Jan 28;352:i17. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i17

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and average four year lifestyle changes of men and women in three prospective cohorts

Characteristics Health Professionals Follow-up Study (n=20 525) Nurses’ Health Study (n=39 423) Nurses’ Health Study II (n=64 138)
Baseline* (1986) Four year change† Baseline* (1986) Four year change† Baseline* (1991) Four year change†
Age, years 46.9 (2.9) 48.5 (2.4) 36.3 (3.4)
Body mass index, kg/m2 24.6 (1.4) 23.6 (1.4) 22.8 (2.2)
Weight, lbs 174 (13) 2.2 (−14.0-20.0) 140 (9) 2.9 (−14.0-25.0) 137 (16) 4.4 (−10.0-32.3)
Physical activity, MET-hr/wk 23.5 (19.5) 5.1 (−46.0-100.0) 15.0 (9.9) 1.6 (−34.7-42.6) 21.6 (22.1) 0.4 (−26.1-22.6)
Alcohol, servings/d 0.9 (0.7) 0.0 (−2.1-1.6) 0.5 (0.4) 0.0 (−1.3-0.9) 0.3 (0.4) 0.0 (−0.5-0.8)
Caffeine, mg/d 236 (141) −11 (−372-306) 305 (112) −29 (−354-270) 241 (167) −12 (−280-224)
Flavonols, mg/d 11.7 (7.9-17.0) 2.1 (−14.3-26.9) 12.1 (8.1-18.1) 1.6 (−14.0-27.0) 14.2 (9.3-23.3) 1.3 (−19.5-18.0)
Flavones, mg/d 2.2 (1.2-3.1) 0.1 (−3.4-2.6) 2.1 (1.2-3.1) 0.0 (−2.8-2.2) 1.2 (0.7-2.1) 0.1 (−1.4-2.2)
Flavanones, mg/d 41.7 (16.1-64.9) −0.1 (−79.3-78.9) 37.6 (14.9-63.7) −0.7 (−66.1-62.0) 21.7 (9.3-48.6) −1.3 (−42.5-47.8)
Flavan-3-ols, mg/d 23.9 (13.5-51.0) 0.5 (116.3-115.7) 24.2 (13.2-71.6) −0.9 (−113.6-133.2) 26.1 (13.0-73.6) −0.8 (−119.4-79.4)
Anthocyanins, mg/d 7.7 (3.9-16.2) 2.4 (−24.6-28.7) 11.5 (5.2-19.6) 1.8 (−28.4-28.3) 5.7 (3.1-14.6) 4.5 (−17.5-34.6)
Polymers, mg/d 117.6 (63.4-214.4) 7.1 (−344.7-370.8) 134.9 (72.6-254.4) 1.3 (−342.6-396.5) 143.5 (76.5-267.6) 3.9 (−363.6-252.3)
Total flavonoids, mg/d 223.6 (138.1-362.2) 11.9 (−472.6-531.4) 247.1 (149.8-416.0) 2.5 (−480.3-547.0) 235.9 (136.9-410.6) 8.2 (−506.2-360.3)
Total fruit without juice, servings/d 1.5 (0.7) 0.1 (−1.9-2.1) 1.5 (0.5) 0.0 (−1.9-1.9) 1.2 (0.7) 0.0 (−1.3-1.5)
Total vegetables, servings/d 2.9 (1.0) 0.2 (−2.6-3.7) 3.2 (0.8) 0.1 (−2.6-3.4) 3.1 (1.6) 0.0 (−2.7-3.0)
Whole fat dairy, servings/d 1.0 (0.6) −0.1 (−2.3-1.4) 1.2 (0.5) −0.1 (−2.3-1.2) 0.8 (0.6) 0.0 (−1.4-1.1)
Low fat dairy, servings/d 0.8 (0.6) −0.1 (−2.0-1.7) 0.8 (0.4) 0.1 (−1.5-2.0) 1.1 (0.8) 0.0 (−1.4-1.7)
Seafood, servings/d 0.4 (0.2) 0.0 (−0.5-0.6) 0.3 (0.1) 0.0 (−0.5-0.4) 0.3 (0.2) 0.0 (−0.4-0.3)
Whole grains, servings/d 1.5 (0.8) 0.0 (−2.3-2.9) 0.8 (0.4) 0.1 (−1.6-2.2) 1.3 (0.9) 0.0 (−1.5-1.3)
Refined grains, servings/d 1.2 (0.6) 0.0 (−2.1-2.1) 1.2 (0.4) 0.0 (−1.7-1.7) 1.3 (0.7) −0.1 (−1.3-1.7)
Nuts, servings/d 0.3 (0.3) 0.0 (−0.9-0.8) 0.1 (0.1) 0.0 (−0.6-0.5) 0.1 (0.1) 0.1 (−0.2-0.7)
Sugar sweetened drinks, servings/d 0.3 (0.4) 0.0 (−0.9-0.9) 0.2 (0.2) 0.0 (−0.6-0.7) 0.3 (0.5) 0.0 (−0.9-0.8)
Zero calorie soda, servings/d 0.5 (0.6) 0.0 (−1.5-1.6) 0.5 (0.4) 0.0 (−1.2-1.5) 0.9 (1.1) −0.1 (−1.8-1.5)
Juice, servings/d 0.8 (0.5) 0.0 (−1.6-1.5) 0.7 (0.4) 0.0 (−1.3-1.3) 0.7 (0.6) −0.1 (−1.2-1.0)
Sweets, servings/d 1.3 (0.8) 0.0 (−2.4-2.3) 1.1 (0.5) 0.0 (−1.8-2.2) 1.1 (0.8) −0.1 (−1.5-1.4)
Processed meats, servings/d 0.4 (0.2) 0.0 (−0.8-0.6) 0.3 (0.1) 0.0 (−0.6-0.4) 0.2 (0.2) 0.0 (−0.4-0.4)
Non-processed meats, servings/d 0.6 (0.3) 0.0 (−0.9-0.7) 0.6 (0.2) 0.0 (−0.7-0.6) 0.5 (0.3) 0.0 (−0.5-0.5)
Trans fat, % 1.3 (0.3) 0.0 (−0.7-1.3) 1.7 (0.3) −0.2 (−1.1-0.9) 1.6 (0.5) −0.2 (−1.0-0.5)

*Mean (SD) or median (interquartile range).

†Mean (1st- 99th centile range).