Table 1.
Baseline, demographic, and lifestyle characteristics of participants in the control arm of the PLCO study according to intake of concentrated sugars*,†.
| Total | Quartiles (g/day)
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| < 23.47 (n=5680) | 23.47 - 40.20 (n=5680) | 40.21 - 65.93 (n=5678) | ≥65.94 (n=5682) | |||||||
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Family history | 1625 | 7.2 | 359 | 22.1 | 386 | 23.8 | 443 | 27.3 | 437 | 26.9 |
| History of diabetes | 1842 | 8.1 | 880 | 47.8 | 473 | 25.7 | 282 | 15.3 | 207 | 11.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| White | 20633 | 90.8 | 5040 | 24.4 | 5190 | 25.2 | 5251 | 25.5 | 5152 | 25 |
| Black | 589 | 2.6 | 103 | 17.5 | 114 | 19.4 | 131 | 22.2 | 241 | 40.9 |
| Hispanic | 357 | 1.6 | 90 | 25.2 | 76 | 21.3 | 93 | 26.1 | 98 | 27.5 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1089 | 4.8 | 436 | 40 | 286 | 26.3 | 192 | 17.6 | 175 | 16.1 |
| Other | 52 | 0.2 | 11 | 21.2 | 14 | 26.9 | 11 | 21.2 | 16 | 30.8 |
| Education | ||||||||||
| Less than 12 years | 1542 | 6.8 | 394 | 25.6 | 319 | 20.7 | 384 | 24.9 | 445 | 28.9 |
| High school | 4187 | 25.3 | 1005 | 24 | 988 | 23.6 | 990 | 23.6 | 1204 | 28.8 |
| Post-high school | 7392 | 57.9 | 1885 | 25.5 | 1786 | 24.2 | 1807 | 24.5 | 1914 | 25.9 |
| College graduate | 9557 | 42.1 | 2383 | 24.9 | 2577 | 277 | 2484 | 26 | 2113 | 22.1 |
| Smoking | ||||||||||
| Never | 8588 | 37.7 | 1881 | 22 | 2090 | 24.4 | 2232 | 26.1 | 2355 | 27.5 |
| Current | 2301 | 10.1 | 520 | 22.6 | 499 | 21.7 | 551 | 24 | 731 | 31.8 |
| Former | 11861 | 52.2 | 3279 | 27.7 | 3091 | 26.1 | 2895 | 24.4 | 2596 | 21.9 |
| Number of PSA screens‡ | ||||||||||
| None | 9956 | 43.4 | 2430 | 24.4 | 2401 | 24.1 | 2444 | 24.6 | 2681 | 26.9 |
| Once | 8518 | 37.5 | 2135 | 25.1 | 2167 | 25.4 | 2187 | 25.7 | 2029 | 23.8 |
| More than once | 2314 | 10.2 | 586 | 25.3 | 637 | 27.5 | 598 | 25.8 | 493 | 21.3 |
| Unknown | 1932 | 8.5 | 529 | 27.4 | 475 | 24.6 | 449 | 23.2 | 479 | 24.8 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age | 65.6 | 5.9 | 65.5 | 5.8 | 65.9 | 5.9 | 65.9 | 6 | 65 | 6 |
| Pack-years | 24.4 | 30.8 | 26.6 | 30.9 | 24.1 | 30.3 | 23 | 20.1 | 23.6 | 31.7 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.5 | 4.1 | 27.9 | 4.3 | 27.5 | 3.9 | 27.3 | 4 | 27.5 | 4.1 |
| Sugar-sweetened | ||||||||||
| beverages (g/d) | 16 | 29.7 | 2 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 43.7 | 47.2 |
| Fruit juices (g/d) | 13.7 | 19.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 10.4 | 7.9 | 14.9 | 11.9 | 24.8 | 33 |
| Desserts (g/d) | 21.5 | 20.1 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 15.4 | 8.5 | 24.2 | 13.3 | 38.9 | 28.2 |
| All added sugars (tsp/d) | 14.3 | 10.3 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 10 | 3.6 | 14.4 | 4.5 | 26.4 | 12.6 |
| Calories (kcal/d) | 1989 | 816 | 1573 | 689 | 1784 | 658 | 2050 | 697 | 2550 | 857 |
*
Quartiles represent total sugars consumed from sugar-sweetened beverages, fruit juices, and desserts
†
P value family history = 0.01;
P value for all other variables < 0.0001
‡
Screening over previous 3 years