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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2017 Mar 27;117(5):686–697. doi: 10.1017/S0007114517000411

Table 1. Baseline study characteristics by sex and genetic risk score (GRS) tertile (T), Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Lifespan (Mean values with their standard errors).

Sex GRStotal tertile


Total (n 766) Men (n 343) Women (n 423) T1 T2 T3






Mean sem Mean sem Mean sem P* Mean sem Mean sem Mean sem Pfor trend
Age (years) 47.4 0.6 48.4 0.8 46.6 0.8 0.14 45.7 1.1 48.2 0.7 48.8 1.2 0.043
Marital status (%) 0.23 0.81
 Married 27.5 30.2 25.1 23.9 29.7 29.1
 Missing 3.6 4.8 2.5 3.7 3.7 3.0
Education (%) 0.53 0.25
 <High school 3.4 2.6 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.7
 High school 59.6 57.3 61.7 69.0 54.0 55.0
 > High school 37.0 40.1 34.3 28.0 43.0 40.3
Poverty:income ratio<125 %, (%) 23.5 18.6 27.9 0.015 24.8 23.6 21.6 0.83
Current smoking status (%) 0.08 0.07
 Yes 48.0 56.2 40.9 55.2 39.0 52.6
 Missing 6.4 4.1 8.4 4.9 10.3 1.9
Current illicit drug use (%) 0.009 0.09
 Yes 23.6 31.8 16.3 29.5 18.6 23.0
 Missing 4.9 2.2 7.4 1.8 8.8 3.1
BMI (kg/m2) 29.4 0.5 27.3 0.5 31.2 0.8 <0.001 28.5 0.8 30.0 0.8 29.6 1.1 0.36
Key dietary intake factors
 Added sugars (teaspoon/d) 22.6 1.2 25.3 1.7 20.2 1.6 0.031 25.9 2.2 21.2 1.8 20.0 1.6 0.029
 Alcoholic beverages (drinks/d) 0.70 0.1 1.13 0.2 0.32 0.06 <0.001 0.4 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.08
 Red meat (oz equiv/d) 1.70 0.15 2.25 0.25 1.22 0.17 0.001 2.1 0.3 1.5 0.2 1.5 0.2 0.09
 Fish (oz equiv/d) 1.12 0.15 1.13 0.17 1.10 0.23 0.92 1.2 0.2 1.2 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.42
 Legumes (cup equiv/d) 0.04 0.01 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.034 0.02 0.01 0.06 0.02 0.04 0.01 0.13
 Dairy products (cups equiv/d) 0.96 0.07 1.15 0.10 0.79 0.08 0.008 1.03 0.13 0.95 0.09 0.85 0.13 0.33
 Vitamin C (mg/d) 83.7 5.2 99.9 8.6 69.4 5.2 0.003 79.1 7.6 89.0 8.6 81.9 11.5 0.75
 Caffeine (mg/d) 76.4 5.0 80.8 7.3 72.5 6.9 0.40 84.2 9.5 63.0 7.2 87.3 8.2 0.96
Other dietary intake factors
 Total grains (oz equiv/d) 5.90 0.21 6.82 0.33 50.9 0.23 <0.001 6.0 0.3 5.7 0.3 6.2 0.5 0.79
 Total fruits (cup equiv/d) 0.77 0.05 0.93 0.08 0.62 0.06 0.003 0.7 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.40
 Total vegetables (cup equiv/d) 1.39 0.10 1.54 0.19 1.25 0.07 0.15 1.3 0.1 1.5 0.2 1.3 0.1 0.62
 Other meats (oz equiv/d) 4.76 0.22 5.92 0.37 3.73 0.21 <0.001 5.0 0.4 4.3 0.3 5.0 0.4 0.83
 Discretionary oil (g/d) 18.04 1.56 22.04 3.03 14.49 0.95 0.017 14.9 1.5 20.1 2.5 19.2 4.3 0.26
 Discretionary solid fat (g/d) 47.45 1.96 58.26 2.84 37.87 2.37 <0.001 51.7 3.6 45.6 2.9 44.3 3.5 0.13
*

P value for null hypothesis of no sex difference based on a design-based F test.

Pfor trend value was based on design-based F test for trend in exposures across tertiles of GRS.