Table 1.
General characteristics of 401 men and women included in the Flower-FFQ validation study
| All | Men (n 191) | Women (n 210) | Age < 55 years (n 175) | Age ≥ 55 years (n 226) | BMI < 25 kg/m2 (n 198) | BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (n 203) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age, years | ||||||||||||||
| Mean | 54 | 57 | 51 | 44 | 62 | 52 | 56 | |||||||
| sd | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||||||
| Men | 191 | 48 | 191 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 35 | 130 | 58 | 71 | 36 | 120 | 59 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | ||||||||||||||
| Mean | 25·6 | 26·4 | 24·8 | 24·9 | 26·1 | 22·7 | 28·3 | |||||||
| sd | 3·7 | 3·3 | 3·8 | 3·9 | 3·4 | 1·6 | 2·9 | |||||||
| Waist circumference, cm | ||||||||||||||
| Mean | 91 | 97 | 85 | 87 | 93 | 82 | 99 | |||||||
| sd | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | |||||||
| Education* | ||||||||||||||
| Low | 33 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 12 |
| Medium | 125 | 31 | 63 | 33 | 62 | 30 | 51 | 29 | 74 | 33 | 54 | 27 | 71 | 35 |
| High | 242 | 61 | 108 | 57 | 134 | 64 | 116 | 67 | 126 | 56 | 135 | 68 | 107 | 53 |
| Smoking status* | ||||||||||||||
| Never | 184 | 50 | 74 | 41 | 110 | 58 | 107 | 67 | 77 | 36 | 99 | 55 | 85 | 45 |
| Former | 159 | 43 | 93 | 51 | 66 | 35 | 40 | 25 | 149 | 57 | 71 | 40 | 88 | 46 |
| Current | 27 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 9 |
| Disease history | ||||||||||||||
| Myocardial infarction | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Stroke | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Cancer | 22 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 8 |
| Diet during past month | 28 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 8 |
*
Missing values: education 1; smoking 31.