Fig. 1.

Creation of the final analytical data set from the Framingham Offspring cohort. There were 5124 participants at examination 5 of whom 3418 had diet data collected. After excluding participants with invalid energy intakes (n 67)⁽²⁴⁾ and those who left ≥13 food items blank on the FFQ (n 31)⁽²⁴⁾, there were 3320 participants with valid dietary data. Participants with a history of adiposity-related cancer at or before examination 5 (n 134) and pregnant women at examination 5 (n 2) were also excluded resulting in the final analytic data set of 3184 participants.