Table 1.
Characteristics of non-pregnant adults aged ≥18 years with at least one day of 24-h dietary recall data in Canada, Mexico, and the United States (n = 26,161).
| Characteristics | Canada-CCHS n = 14,083 |
Mexico-ENSANUT n = 1581 |
US-NHANES n = 10,497 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex * | |||
| Male | 49.7 (6630) | 48.1 (608) | 49.0 (5101) |
| Female | 50.3 (7453) | 51.9 (973) | 51.0 (5396) |
| Age * | |||
| 18–24 | 8.5 (1101) | 17.0 (354) | 12.2 (1363) |
| 25–34 | 15.7 (1973) | 20.3 (250) | 17.4 (1685) |
| 35–44 | 18.8 (2180) | 21.0 (313) | 16.1 (1704) |
| 45–54 | 19.4 (2534) | 17.8 (234) | 18.0 (1704) |
| 55–64 | 16.3 (2203) | 11.3 (208) | 16.9 (1725) |
| 65–74 | 13.1 (2205) | 8.3 (137) | 11.8 (1341) |
| 75+ | 8.2 (1887) | 4.2 (85) | 7.6 (975) |
| Educational attainment *,† | |||
| Low | 38.6 (6150) | 32.9 (674) | 36.4 (4541) |
| Medium | 33.5 (4559) | 29.1 (461) | 33.1 (3114) |
| High | 27.9 (3281) | 38.1 (446) | 30.5 (2530) |
| Wealth and Income *,‡ | |||
| Low | 45.2 (5173) | 19.8 (522) | 21.9 (3220) |
| Medium | 28.2 (4560) | 27.2 (534) | 38.5 (4042) |
| High | 26.7 (4343) | 53.0 (525) | 39.6 (3235) |
| Proportion consumers § | |||
| Unprocessed red meat | 46.1 (44.3–47.9) | 45.9 (40.9–51.0) | 48.5 (47.1–49.9) |
| Processed meat | 36.3 (34.6–38.0) | 30.6 (25.9–35.8) | 47.1 (45.7–48.5) |
| Total meat | 65.6 (63.9–67.2) | 62.7 (58.1–67.1) | 73.6 (72.3–74.8) |
| Median (IQR) intake (grams) # | |||
| Unprocessed red meat | 79.0 (36.6–131.6) | 62.0 (28.7–114.8) | 72.3 (38.3–124.5) |
| Processed meat | 41.8 (21.2–82.4) | 40.0 (20.0–76.9) | 44.5 (17.9–84.2) |
| Total meat | 79.0 (36.2–140.1) | 62.5 (31.3–117.4) | 79.4 (40.8–134.7) |
* Values are weighted % (unweighted N). Weighted % accounts for complex survey weights; † Educational attainment was defined as low (high school equivalent or lower), middle (trade or college certificate), or high (university degree or higher) in Canada; low (primary school or lower), middle (greater than primary but less than high school), or high (high school or higher) in Mexico; low (high school equivalent or lower), middle (some college), or high (college degree or higher) in the US. ‡ Wealth and income was defined as tertiles of self-reported per-capita household income in Canada. In Mexico, wealth and income was derived from a standard household asset index and divided into low, middle, and high. In the US, wealth and income was derived from the federal poverty to income ratio (PIR): low (PIR 0–100%), middle (PIR 101–399%), and high (PIR ≥ 400%). § Values are weighted % (95% CI) and account for complex survey weights. # Values are weight in grams consumed among consumers and account for complex survey weights.