Table 1.
Participant characteristics according to intake groups of dairy products.
| Non-fermented milk | |||||||
| Intake groups (g/day) | 0–200 | 200–400 | 400–600 | 600–800 | 800–1000 | >1000 | |
| N | 11,655 | 8,011 | 4,155 | 1,482 | 495 | 392 | |
| Age, y | 57.2 (7.5) | 58.4 (7.7) | 58.6 (7.7) | 58.3 (7.6) | 57.6 (7.6) | 57.1 (6.8) | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.3 (3.8) | 25.7 (3.9) | 25.9 (4.0) | 26.1 (4.2) | 26.4 (4.3) | 26.5 (4.2) | |
| Smokers (%) | 26.4 | 27.7 | 29.8 | 34.0 | 35.2 | 51.8 | |
| Women (%) | 64.5 | 64.6 | 60.0 | 50.6 | 43.8 | 24.5 | |
| University degree (%) | 16.3 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 14.3 | 11.0 | |
| Zero-consumers of alcohol (%) | 4.2 | 6.0 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 12.5 | |
| Low leisure-time physical activity (%) | 9.3 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 13.8 | |
| Fermented milk | |||||||
| Intake groups (g/day) | 0 | 0–100 | 100–200 | 200–300 | >300 | ||
| N | 9,102 | 7,940 | 5,728 | 2,364 | 1,056 | ||
| Age, y | 58.4 (7.5) | 57.3 (7.7) | 57.9 (7.6) | 57.9 (7.5) | 57.3 (7.5) | ||
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.8 (4.0) | 25.6 (4.0) | 25.6 (3.9) | 25.2 (3.5) | 25.2 (3.6) | ||
| Women (%) | 51.5 | 70.1 | 68.1 | 63.2 | 56.3 | ||
| Smokers (%) | 33.4 | 27.4 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 24.4 | ||
| University degree (%) | 10.3 | 14.7 | 16.9 | 20.3 | 24.3 | ||
| Zero-consumers of alcohol (%) | 7.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 7.0 | ||
| Low leisure-time physical activity (%) | 12.2 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.9 | ||
| Cheese | |||||||
| Intake groups (g/day) | 0–20 | 20–40 | 40–60 | 60–80 | 80–100 | >100 | |
| N | 6,211 | 8,470 | 5,885 | 2,919 | 1,469 | 1,236 | |
| Age, y | 59.5 (7.6) | 58.4 (7.7) | 57.2 (7.4) | 56.3 (7.2) | 55.8 (7.2) | 55.5 (6.9) | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 26.0 (4.0) | 25.7 (4.0) | 25.5 (3.9) | 25.4 (3.8) | 25.2 (3.9) | 25.2 (4.1) | |
| Women (%) | 63.2 | 63.8 | 62.1 | 60.0 | 56.4 | 54.6 | |
| Smokers (%) | 28.8 | 27.2 | 27.7 | 29.3 | 29.7 | 32.5 | |
| University degree (%) | 9.3 | 13.0 | 16.4 | 18.5 | 22.2 | 24.4 | |
| Zero-consumers of alcohol (%) | 9.8 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | |
| Low leisure-time physical activity (%) | 11.0 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | |
| Creme | |||||||
| Intake groups (g/day) | 0–10 | 10–20 | 20–30 | 30–40 | 40–50 | >50 | |
| N | 12,483 | 6,929 | 3,405 | 1,624 | 831 | 918 | |
| Age, y | 57.5 (7.5) | 57.8 (7.7) | 58.4 (7.9) | 58.7 (7.5) | 58.9 (7.5) | 59.3 (7.1) | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.9 (4.1) | 25.5 (3.8) | 25.4 (3.8) | 25.2 (3.5) | 25.3 (3.8) | 25.0 (3.6) | |
| Women (%) | 62.6 | 64.3 | 62.4 | 58.6 | 52.9 | 50.5 | |
| Smokers (%) | 30.2 | 25.9 | 26.7 | 27.0 | 28.3 | 30.0 | |
| University degree (%) | 13.8 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 13.5 | 12.9 | |
| Zero-consumers of alcohol (%) | 7.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | |
| Low leisure-time physical activity (%) | 10.6 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 8.5 | |
| Butter | |||||||
| Intake groups (g/day) | 0 | 0–10 | 10–20 | 20–30 | 30–40 | 40–50 | >50 |
| N | 14,826 | 3,671 | 2,185 | 1,780 | 1,349 | 768 | 1,611 |
| Age, y | 58.1 (7.6) | 57.1 (7.6) | 57.2 (7.7) | 57.6 (7.6) | 58.1 (7.8) | 58.5 (7.3) | 58.4 (7.4) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.9 (3.9) | 25.6 (3.9) | 25.3 (3.9) | 25.2 (3.9) | 25.1 (4.0) | 24.7 (3.6) | 24.9 (3.8) |
| Women (%) | 62.2 | 71.4 | 66.5 | 65.7 | 58.7 | 50.8 | 36.9 |
| Smokers (%) | 25.5 | 24.7 | 30.1 | 33.8 | 36.0 | 38.3 | 43.3 |
| University degree (%) | 12.8 | 19.9 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
| Zero-consumers of alcohol (%) | 6.7 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 6.0 |
| Low leisure-time physical activity (%) | 9.2 | 8.0 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 10.2 |
Low physical activity = < 7.5 MET-h/wk of leisure-time physical activity.