FIG. 2.
Associations of dietary carotenoids with PD according to intake quintiles, using cumulative average intake levels and adjusted for pack years of smoking, coffee intake, body mass index, physical activity, alcohol intake, and total energy intake. Median intake levels for each quintile of nutrients at baseline were as follows: for dietary carotenoids 7502, 10561, 13238, 16567, and 23008 mg/day among women and 7902, 11602, 14854, 18947, and 26940 mg/day among men; for b-cryptoxanthin 62, 115, 170, 228, and 328 mg/day among women, and 66, 126, 188, 256, and 384 mg/day among men; for acarotene 248, 407, 541, 837, and 1661 mg/day among women, and 269, 458, 617, 995, and 1933 mg/day among men; for b-carotene 1712, 2616, 3516, 4759, and 7292 mg/day among women, and 1902, 2935, 3958, 5383, and 8238 mg/day among men; for lutein 1137, 1903, 2576, 3383, 5165 mg/day among women and 1263, 2108, 2866, 3802, and 5838 mg/day among men; and for lycopene 2783,4302, 5553, 7223, 11001 mg/day among women and 2592, 4534, 6125, 8293, and 13426 mg/day among men.
