Table 1. Characteristics of subjects who completed the long-FFQ (98 men and 142 women).

	Men	Women
Age, yearsa	57.4 (8.6)	57.0 (8.6)
Body height, cma	168.2 (6.8)	156.6 (5.7)**
Body weight, kga	67.0 (9.3)	55.9 (8.0)**
BMI, kg/m2 a	23.7 (2.8)	22.8 (3.1)*
Current smoker, %	26.5%	2.1%
Heavy drinker,b %	39.8%	4.9%

BMI, body mass index; FFQ, Food Frequency Questionnaire.

^aValues are reported as mean (standard deviation).

^b≥280 g ethanol/wk in men and ≥140 g ethanol/wk in women. P-values refer to student’s t-test between sex for each; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.