Table 1.
Demographic and health characteristics for whole sample (n=915) according to level of yogurt intake. a
| Parameter | Yogurt intake categories |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (n = 915) |
Never (n = 263) |
≤1/week (n = 383) |
≥2/week (n = 269) |
P* | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
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| Age (years) | 62.1 | 12.8 | 63.9 | 12.9 | 61.1 | 12.4 | 61.7 | 13.0 | <0.05 |
| Education (years) | 14.7 | 2.7 | 14.2 | 2.6 | 14.8 | 2.7 | 15.0 | 2.7 | <0.01 |
| Mean SBP (mmHG) | 130.8 | 21.8 | 136.0 | 22.3 | 130.6 | 21.8 | 126.1 | 20.2 | <0.01 |
| Mean DBP (mmHG) | 70.4 | 10.0 | 72.6 | 10.7 | 70.5 | 9.6 | 68.1 | 9.4 | <0.01 |
| Pulse Pressure (mmHg) | 60.5 | 17.0 | 63.4 | 18.0 | 60.1 | 17.2 | 58.1 | 15.5 | <0.01 |
| MAP (mmHg) | 90.6 | 12.7 | 93.7 | 13.0 | 90.5 | 12.4 | 87.4 | 11.9 | <0.01 |
| Total cholesterol (mg dL−1) | 200.4 | 39.1 | 200.6 | 39.3 | 199.2 | 40.8 | 202.1 | 36.2 | 0.66 |
| LDL (mmol L−1) | 3.1 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.70 |
| HDL (mmol L−1) | 1.39 | 0.4 | 1.36 | 0.4 | 1.38 | 0.4 | 1.44 | 0.4 | <0.05 |
| Triglycerides (mg dL−1) | 130.7 | 69.7 | 139.4 | 71.0 | 131.3 | 70.7 | 121.5 | 66.1 | <0.05 |
| Glucose (mg dL−1) | 98.57 | 27.9 | 103.3 | 36.2 | 98.2 | 26.3 | 94.5 | 18.5 | <0.01 |
| tHCY (μmol L−1) | 9.9 | 3.6 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 3.2 | <0.01 |
| BMI (kg m−2) | 29.4 | 6.0 | 29.9 | 5.7 | 29.6 | 6.5 | 28.6 | 5.3 | <0.05 |
| Physical Activity (MET hours per week) | 20.1 | 26.5 | 15.6 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 26.4 | 22.8 | 31.7 | <0.01 |
| Total energy intake (serves per day) | 14.7 | 4.5 | 14.4 | 4.8 | 14.2 | 4.4 | 15.8 | 4.2 | <0.01 |
| Alcohol intake (g wk−1) | 36.0 | 69.6 | 52.3 | 90.9 | 32.4 | 67.2 | 25.0 | 40.1 | <0.01 |
| Cigarettes per week | 7.5 | 31.1 | 11.8 | 39.1 | 6.3 | 29.4 | 5.0 | 23.2 | <0.05 |
| Recommended food score | 10.7 | 3.0 | 9.6 | 3.1 | 10.8 | 2.8 | 11.7 | 2.7 | <0.01 |
a
One-way ANOVAs were used to compare continuous variables and Chi-square tests of independence were used to compare categorical variables.