Table 1.
Participant demographics and dietary data, depending on egg and cholesterol consumption at baseline.
| Weekly Egg Intake (Eggs/Week) | Daily Cholesterol Intake (mg/Day) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables (Mean, SD) | <1 (n = 8245) | 1–1.9 (n = 11,189) | 2–2.9 (n = 8927) | 3–3.9 (n = 7303) | 4–6.9 (n = 8307) | ≥7 (n = 2453) | ≤270 (n = 9826) | 271–336 (n = 9825) | 337–401 (n = 9825) | 402–487 (n = 9825) | ≥488 (n = 9823) |
| Median eggs/week | 0.5 (0.3) | 1.5 (0.3) | 2.5 (0.3) | 3.3 (0.3) | 5.0 (0.8) | 8.5 (2.7) | 1.0 (0.9) | 1.7 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.4) | 3.3 (1.7) | 4.9 (3.1) |
| Median cholesterol (mg/day) | 267 (93) | 329 (95) | 379 (99) | 420 (102) | 474 (116) | 621 (154) | 226 (42) | 306 (19) | 369 (19) | 441 (25) | 568 (105) |
| Age (years) | 51.8 (6.7) | 50.5 (6.3) | 49.9 (6.1) | 49.5 (6.0) | 49.6 (5.8) | 49.9 (6.1) | 51.8 (6.7) | 50.5 (6.3) | 49.8 (6.1) | 49.5 (6.0) | 49.1 (5.8) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.8 (2.6) | 22.1 (2.7) | 22.2 (2.8) | 22.4 (2.8) | 22.7 (2.9) | 22.9 (3.1) | 21.8 (2.6) | 22.1 (2.7) | 22.2 (2.7) | 22.4 (2.8) | 22.8 (3.1) |
| Total physical activity (METS/week) | 53.3 (29.7) | 53.5 (29.2) | 54.6 (29.8) | 55.5 (30.2) | 55.6 (30.8) | 56.2 (31.1) | 53.4 (29.9) | 53.3 (29.3) | 54.1 (29.2) | 54.5 (29.6) | 56.3 (31.0) |
| Diabetes (%) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Dyslipidaemia (%) | 9.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| Family history CVD (%) | 34.0 | 34.5 | 34.2 | 33.5 | 32.9 | 31.1 | 33.6 | 33.9 | 34.3 | 33.4 | 33.4 |
| Prior cancer (%) | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| Menopausal at baseline (%) | 50.2 | 43.2 | 40.3 | 38.4 | 40.1 | 42.1 | 52.5 | 44.4 | 40.5 | 38.3 | 36.5 |
| Ever use of MHT amongst menopausal women (%) | 44.3 | 46.7 | 46.9 | 47.2 | 46.3 | 45.5 | 42.6 | 46.9 | 47.7 | 47.9 | 46.9 |
| High school education (%) | 59.8 | 59.8 | 61.2 | 62.2 | 64.2 | 57.1 | 61.1 | 59.8 | 60.0 | 61.3 | 63.7 |
| University education (%) | 40.2 | 40.2 | 38.8 | 37.8 | 35.8 | 42.9 | 38.9 | 40.2 | 40.0 | 38.7 | 36.3 |
| Smoking (Never/X/current) (%) | 53.2/33.3/13.4 | 53.1/33.7/13.2 | 52.0/34.3/13.7 | 51.8/33.8/14.4 | 50.0/34.2/15.8 | 49.7/32.2/18.1 | 53.9/32.3/13.8 | 51.9/34.0/14.1 | 51.7/34.6/13.7 | 51.6/34.2/14.2 | 50.8/33.8/15.3 |
| Dietary variables (median, SD) | |||||||||||
| Total energy (Kcal) | 1882 (489) | 1995 (484) | 2104 (502) | 2237 (560) | 2267 (548) | 2375 (603) | 1626 (357) | 1885 (369) | 2079 (385) | 2284 (416) | 2642 (508) |
| Salt (mg/day) | 2478 (861) | 2609 (836) | 2760 (858) | 2947 (924) | 2987 (921) | 3099 (1010) | 2147 (706) | 2463 (734) | 2722 (755) | 2983 (783) | 3453 (918) |
| Potassium (mg/day) | 3474 (993) | 3601 (953) | 3720 (991) | 3963 (1061) | 4012 (1086) | 4195 (1212) | 3225 (934) | 3475 (914) | 36845 (905) | 3908 (961) | 4344 (1058) |
| Saturated fats (g/day) | 30 (12) | 33 (12) | 36 (12) | 36 (12) | 38 (13) | 41 (15) | 24 (7) | 31 (7) | 35 (8) | 40 (10) | 49 (13) |
| Dietary fibre (g/day) | 23 (8) | 23 (7) | 24 (8) | 25 (8) | 25 (9) | 26 (9) | 22 (8) | 23 (7) | 24 (7) | 25 (8) | 27 (8) |
| Alcohol (g/day) | 5 (13) | 6 (12) | 8 (13) | 8 (14) | 8 (15) | 9 (16) | 4 (11) | 6 (13) | 7 (13) | 9 (14) | 10 (16) |
| Meat (g/day) | 76 (45) | 81 (42) | 81 (43) | 80 (42) | 74 (43) | 69 (46) | 58 (35) | 73 (38) | 82 (40) | 86 (44) | 91 (49) |
| Processed meat (sausage, ham, pate) (g/day) | 10 (16) | 13 (15) | 16 (16) | 20 (19) | 21 (20) | 23 (25) | 9 (12) | 12 (13) | 16 (16) | 19 (17) | 26 (22) |
| Fish (g/day) | 21 (23) | 25 (20) | 25 (20) | 25 (21) | 25 (23) | 25 (26) | 18 (20) | 24 (20) | 25 (21) | 25 (22) | 25 (25) |
| Shellfish/canned fish (g/day) | 3 (9) | 5 (10) | 7 (10) | 8 (11) | 9 (12) | 10 (15) | 2 (7) | 4 (8) | 6 (9) | 9 (11) | 12 (15) |
| Vegetables (g/day) | 143 (102) | 143 (98) | 143 (98) | 157 (103) | 151 (104) | 171 (121) | 143 (104) | 143 (99) | 143 (100) | 148 (100) | 157 (107) |
| Fruit (g/day) | 231 (175) | 228 (158) | 227 (164) | 219 (162) | 229 (175) | 233 (190) | 237 (175) | 231 (164) | 226 (162) | 219 (163) | 219 (177) |
| Mediterranean diet score [−1, 1] | −0.34 (0.92) | −0.28 (0.88) | −0.19 (0.90) | −0.06 (0.93) | 0.14 (1.00) | 0.50 (1.15) | −0.37 (0.87) | −0.27 (0.87) | −0.17 (0.90) | −0.05 (0.95) | 0.26 (1.09) |