Table 1. Baseline characteristics of participants according to egg consumption (n = 7,002)¹⁾.

¹⁾ Data were missing for the following variables: educational level, n = 38; household income, n = 103; smoking status, n = 58; alcohol intake, n = 23; body mass index, n = 4.

²⁾ Values are means ± SD or numbers (percentages).

³⁾ MET: metabolic equivalent of task

^a,b,c,d Difference in variables among categories were evaluated by a generalized linear model (Tukey's test of multiple comparisons).