Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of covariables and dietary intakes of 5845 Australian adults from the AusDiab study.
| Age (years) | 51.4 ± 12.7 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 2636 (45) |
| Female | 3209 (55) |
| SEIFA | 1021.3 ± 86.0 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.9 ± 4.8 |
| BMI category | |
| Underweight (>18.5 kg/m2) | 42 (0.7) |
| Healthy weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) | 2748 (47) |
| Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) | 1805 (31) |
| Obese (≥30 kg/m2) | 1250 (21) |
| Relationship status | |
| Married | 4459 (76) |
| De facto ^ | 241 (4) |
| Separated | 126 (2) |
| Divorced | 327 (6) |
| Widowed | 289 (5) |
| Never married | 403 (7) |
| Level of education | |
| Never to some high school | 2173 (37) |
| University or equivalent | 3726 (63) |
| Level of physical activity | |
| Sedentary (0 min/week) | 916 (16) |
| Insufficient (<150 min/week) | 1812 (31) |
| Sufficient (≥150 min/week) | 3117 (53) |
| Smoking status | |
| Current smoker | 670 (12) |
| Ex-smoker | 1738 (30) |
| Never smoked | 3437 (59) |
| Diabetes | |
| Known diabetes mellitus | 209 (4) |
| Newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus | 204 (4) |
| Impaired fasting glucose | 339 (6) |
| Impaired glucose tolerance | 687 (12) |
| Normal glucose levels | 4406 (75) |
| Prevalent CVD | 393 (7) |
| SF-36 MCS score | 49.3 ± 9.5 |
| DIETARY INTAKE | |
| 1 Total energy intake (kJ/day) | 8475.6 ± 3019.5 |
| Total FV intake (g/day) | 500.3 ± 241.1 |
| Total fruit intake (g/day) | 302.7 ± 203.7 |
| Total vegetable intake (g/day) | 197.5 ± 89.8 |
| Total DF intake (g/day) | 18.8 ± 7.6 |
| Total RS intake (g/day) | 9.5 ± 4.0 |
| Total DF from FV (g/day) | 7.9 ± 3.7 |
| Total DF from discretionary foods (g/day) | 1.9 ± 1.5 |
| Total DF from other food (g/day) | 8.5 ± 5.1 |
| Total RS from FV (g/day) | 4.4 ± 2.5 |
| Total RS from discretionary foods (g/day) | 1.1 ± 1.0 |
| Total RS from other food (g/day) | 3.9 ± 2.7 |
^ de facto, a relationship between two people who are not married but are living together on a domestic basis. 1 Energy intake includes energy from alcoholic beverages. Values are percentages, n (%), the means ± SDs. CVD, cardiovascular disease; DF, dietary fibre; FV, fruit and vegetables combined; MCS, SF-36 mental component summary scores; RS, resistant starch; SEIFA, socio-economic index for areas; BMI, body mass index.