Table 1.

Characteristics of study population undergoing vascular screening exams at over 20,000 US sites between 2003 and 2008 categorized by reported frequency of consumption of at least three servings of fruits and vegetables.

	Less than once/month	Once/week - once/month	2–3 times/week	4 – 5 times/week	Daily
n (%)	250,648 (7.1%)	532,731 (15.0%)	921,000 (25.9%)	811,518 (22.9%)	1,035,194 (29.2%)
Age (years) ± SD	62.8 ± 10.9	62.1 ± 10.8	62.8 ± 10.7	63.7± 10.3	65.4 ± 10.2
Male	124473 (51.1%)	236201 (45.6%)	345319 (38.6%)	259184 (32.8%)	372817 (27.1%)
Race/Ethnicity
White	210442 (84.0%)	452247 (84.9%)	785533 (85.3%)	708381 (87.3%)	903693 (87.3%)
Black	7863 (3.1%)	17601 (3.3%)	30677 (3.3%)	22947 (2.8%)	25684 (2.5%)
Hispanic	6920 (2.8%)	14274 (2.7%)	23211 (2.5%)	16421 (2.0%)	21077 (2.0%)
Asian	4929 (2.0%)	10628 (2.0%)	18448 (2.0%)	13554 (1.7%)	18803 (1.8%)
BMI (kg/m2) ± SD	28.1 ± 5.7	28.3 ± 5.8	28.1 ± 5.8	27.7 ± 5.7	27.2 ± 5.7
Hypertension	119144 (48.6%)	252040 (48.3%)	436926 (48.5%)	379978 (47.8%)	483730 (47.8%)
Diabetes	27294 (10.9%)	56317 (10.6%)	99485 (10.8%)	86360 (10.6%)	116133 (11.2%)
Hypercholesterolemia	135670 (54.1%)	289122 (54.3%)	499517 (54.2%)	438844 (54.1%)	544476 (52.6%)
Family history of CVD	57618 (25.2%)	124021 (25.5%)	216205 (25.7%)	191083 (25.7%)	238406 (25.2%)
Current smokers	82123 (33.4%)	155148 (29.7%)	233283 (25.8%)	184636 (23.2%)	215794 (21.3%)
Sedentary lifestyle	132092 (55.1%)	252310 (49.4%)	360859 (40.8%)	263035 (33.6%)	269051 (26.9%)
Marital status
Married	66.6%	68.1%	68.9%	70.6%	70.1%
Divorced	10.4%	10.2%	9.5%	8.7%	8.0%
Single	10.7%	9.6%	8.7%	7.6%	7.4%
Widowed	12.3%	12.1%	13.0%	13.1%	14.5%
Daily nut consumption	7.0%	6.5%	9.2%	14.1%	26.1%
Daily fish consumption	1.3%	0.8%	0.9%	1.3%	4.9%
Daily red meat consumption	8.6%	6.3%	6.2%	5.9%	8.7%
Daily fast food consumption	2.2%	1.5%	1.1%	0.7%	1.0%

BMI – body mass index; CVD – cardiovascular disease; SD – standard deviation