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. 2021 Sep 3;114(5):1802–1813. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab232

TABLE 2.

Medians and IQRs of dietary components and BAs among the 2224 participants in ATBC and 986 participants in PLCO

Study
PLCO
ATBC Men Women
Dietary components
 Coffee, cups/d 2.32 (1.39–3.16) 1.00 (0.79–2.50) 1.00 (0.43–2.50)
 Alcoholic, drinks/d 1.04 (0.33–2.13) 0.40 (0.03–1.69) 0.04 (0.00–0.43)
 % kcal, fat 40.09 (36.64–43.81) 33.72 (28.91–37.91) 30.10 (26.22–34.78)
 Saturated fat/1000 kcal/d 18.50 (15.02–22.27) 11.26 (9.28–13.22) 9.98 (8.44–12.09)
Trans fat/1000 kcal/d 1.13 (0.88–1.58) 2.81 (2.39–3.23) 2.63 (2.22–3.10)
 Monounsaturated fat/1000 kcal/d 12.04 (10.89–13.20) 12.75 (10.84–14.59) 11.20 (9.57–12.83)
 Polyunsaturated fat/1000 kcal/d 0.80 (0.63–1.01) 6.49 (5.54–7.61) 6.26 (5.41–7.17)
 Fiber/1000 kcal/d 6.63 (4.67–8.92) 10.58 (8.91–12.55) 12.24 (10.24–14.62)
 Insoluble fiber/1000 kcal/d 4.02 (3.17–5.03) 6.68 (5.53–8.16) 7.82 (6.41–9.56)
 Soluble fiber/1000 kcal/d 2.07 (1.71–2.50) 3.74 (3.24–4.38) 4.35 (3.61–5.02)
BAs
 Cholic acid, ng/mL 28.40 (12.00–105) 10.70 (4.12–37.05) 8.33 (3.19–22.55)
 Chenodeoxycholic acid, ng/mL 56.70 (22.50–158) 34.90 (10.04–94.25) 21.50 (7.32–72.45)
 Deoxycholic acid, ng/mL 88.7 (45.1–160) 88.65 (35.58–181) 90.15 (41.27–171)
 Lithocholic acid, ng/mL 4.78 (3.51–7.16) 3.54 (1.50–7.70) 3.42 (1.54–6.85)
 Ursodeoxycholic acid, ng/mL 18.80 (9.81–40.80) 8.10 (3.33–23.47) 7.34 (3.04–21.20)
 Glycocholic acid, ng/mL 35.80 (18.00–78.35) 66.80 (30.40–141) 60.40 (24.80–148)
 Glycochenodeoxycholic acid, ng/mL 157 (79.47–327) 234 (109–484) 190 (90.80–401)
 Glycodeoxycholic acid, ng/mL 39.5 (18.7–83.55) 83.55 (38.80–204.25) 95.70 (38.60–218)
 Glycolithocholic acid, ng/mL 5.03 (3.40–9.22) 4.48 (1.39–12.10) 4.62 (1.55–11.30)
 Glycoursodeoxycholic acid, ng/mL 27.60 (13.30–57.60) 22.25 (9.62–54.68) 21.40 (8.20–53.60)
 Taurocholic acid, ng/mL 7.88 (4.39–16.80) 6.36 (2.22–16.70) 8.97 (3.21–25.50)
 Taurochenodeoxycholic acid, ng/mL 21.4 (11.7–45.05) 25.70 (9.54–59.90) 27.50 (12.20–74.90)
 Taurodeoxycholic acid, ng/mL 12.7 (7.77–23.90) 10.70 (4.33–27.20) 17.45 (5.67–46.53)
 Taurolithocholic acid, ng/mL 3.65 (2.95–5.64) 1.47 (0.42–3.08) 1.25 (0.46–2.93)
 Tauroursodeoxycholic acid, ng/mL 4.38 (3.17–7.05) 1.20 (0.43–2.91) 1.21 (0.39–4.24)

Abbreviations: ATBC, Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study; BA, bile acid; PLCO, Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.