Table 1.
Selected baseline characteristics of NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study cohort participants by total meat intake 1
| Characteristics | Quintile of daily total meat intake (g/1,000 kcal) in men | ||||
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| Men (n=187,265) | ≤43.6 | >43.6 and ≤58.5 | >58.5 and ≤72.9 | >72.9 and ≤92.3 | >92.3 |
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| Meat Intake (g/1,000 kcal) | |||||
| Total Meat | 30.9 | 51.3 | 65.6 | 81.8 | 115.9 |
| Red Meat | 17.0 | 28.8 | 36.8 | 45.1 | 59.0 |
| White Meat | 13.9 | 22.5 | 28.8 | 36.7 | 56.9 |
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| Age (y) | 63.2 | 63.0 | 62.7 | 62.2 | 61.6 |
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| Education, college graduate or postgraduate (%) | 46.5 | 47.0 | 47.6 | 48.0 | 47.6 |
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| Race | |||||
| African American (%) | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| Non-Hispanic white (%) | 90.8 | 93.0 | 93.3 | 93.5 | 92.5 |
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| Smoking history2 | |||||
| Never (%) | 30.4 | 29.5 | 29.7 | 29.6 | 29.0 |
| Former smoker (%) | 57.0 | 58.0 | 57.9 | 57.4 | 57.5 |
| Current smoker (%) | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.0 |
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| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.2 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 27.5 | 28.1 |
| <25 kg/m2 (%) | 39.5 | 33.4 | 30.2 | 27.0 | 22.12 |
| 25–<30 kg/m2 (%) | 44.9 | 48.3 | 49.2 | 49.3 | 49.0 |
| ≥30 kg/m2 (%) | 13.8 | 16.7 | 19.2 | 22.3 | 27.4 |
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| Heavy physical activity, ≥5 times/wk (%) | 26.9 | 23.2 | 21.2 | 20.4 | 19.4 |
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| Self-reported diabetes (%) | 6.6 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 11.2 | 14.2 |
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| Dietary Intake | |||||
| Energy (kcal) | 2,032 | 1,985 | 1,987 | 2,004 | 2,024 |
| Total fat (g/1,000 kcal/day) | 28.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 35.4 | 37.3 |
| Saturated fat (g/1,000 kcal/day) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.6 |
| Heme iron (mg/1,000 kcal/day) | 86.1 | 153.5 | 202.5 | 255.8 | 358.9 |
| Advanced glycation end products | 333.2 | 1274.6 | 1290.5 | 1444.8 | 1985.1 |
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| Alcohol intake (# drinks/day) | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Alcohol intake ≥ 3 drinks/day (%) | 15.9 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 6.8 |
| Characteristics | Quintile of daily total teat intake (g/1,000 kcal) in women | ||||
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| Women (n=135,581) | ≤38.0 | >38.0 and ≤53.4 | >53.4 and ≤68.4 | >68.4 and ≤88.3 | >88.3 |
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| Meat Intake (g/1,000 kcal) | |||||
| Total Meat | 25.7 | 45.9 | 60.7 | 77.5 | 113.7 |
| Red Meat | 12.6 | 22.6 | 29.4 | 35.7 | 45.0 |
| White Meat | 13.2 | 23.3 | 31.4 | 41.8 | 68.6 |
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| Age (y) | 62.5 | 62.4 | 62.2 | 61.9 | 61.4 |
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| Education, college graduate or postgraduate (%) | 33.2 | 30.6 | 31.1 | 32.1 | 31.8 |
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| Race | |||||
| African American (%) | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Non-Hispanic white (%) | 91.5 | 94.1 | 94.3 | 94.6 | 94.0 |
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| Smoking history2 | |||||
| Never (%) | 46.3 | 44.8 | 44.5 | 43.4 | 40.9 |
| Former smoker (%) | 38.5 | 38.4 | 39.1 | 39.8 | 41.8 |
| Current smoker or having quit <1 y ago (%) | 11.8 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 14.0 |
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| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.5 | 26.3 | 26.8 | 27.2 | 27.8 |
| <25 kg/m2 (%) | 53.8 | 46.8 | 43.8 | 40.3 | 36.4 |
| 25–<30 kg/m2 (%) | 27.6 | 31.1 | 31.7 | 33.0 | 33.1 |
| ≥30 kg/m2 (%) | 15.2 | 19.3 | 21.9 | 24.3 | 27.8 |
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| Heavy physical activity, ≥5 times/wk (%) | 21.1 | 17.2 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 15.3 |
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| Self-reported diabetes (%) | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 10.0 |
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| Dietary Intake | |||||
| Energy (kcal) | 1,553 | 1,557 | 1,563 | 1,573 | 1,567 |
| Total fat (g/1,000 kcal/day) | 28.9 | 32.1 | 33.7 | 34.8 | 36.1 |
| Saturated fat (g/1,000 kcal/day) | 9.1 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 |
| Heme iron (mg/1,000 kcal/day) | 59.5 | 114.6 | 154.5 | 196.5 | 270.7 |
| Advanced glycation end products | 372.7 | 1364.4 | 1382.8 | 1684.4 | 1698.5 |
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| Alcohol intake (drinks/day) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Alcohol intake ≥ 3 drinks/day (%) | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1
Generalized linear models were used to estimate mean values for the continuous variables and frequencies for dichotomous proportions within each total meat intake quintile.
2
6,599 (3.52%) men and 4,214 (3.11%) women having missing smoking history data. 2,878 (1.54%) men and 3,762 (2.77%) women have missing BMI data.