Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristic of 21,054 US male physicians according to nut consumption |
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Variables |
Categories of nut consumption |
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Rarely/Never N = 4,273 |
1-3/month N = 7,654 |
1/week N = 4,965 |
2-6/week N = 3,617 |
≥ 7/week N = 545 |
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Age (years) |
55.4 ± 9.9 |
54.3 ± 9.4 |
54.3 ± 9.3 |
54.5 ± 9.3 |
55.9 ± 9.8 |
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Body mass index (kg/m2) |
24.8 ± 2.9 |
24.8 ± 2.8 |
24.9 ± 2.8 |
24.7 ± 2.6 |
24.1 ± 2.5 |
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Randomized to ASA (%) |
50.4 |
49.9 |
49.2 |
50.6 |
50.6 |
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Randomized to Beta-Carotene (%) |
50.6 |
49.9 |
50.2 |
49.2 |
50.5 |
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Hypercholesterolemia (%) |
12.4 |
11.6 |
12.2 |
12.0 |
12.6 |
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Hypertension (%) |
26.3 |
23.9 |
22.9 |
21.4 |
19.0 |
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Physical activity |
67.2 |
71.9 |
74.6 |
75.5 |
77.1 |
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[exercise to sweat ≥ 1 per week] (%) |
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Current smokers (%) |
12.4 |
10.9 |
10.5 |
10.4 |
11.8 |
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Cereal intake [servings per week] |
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(%) |
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≤ 1 |
59.5 |
55.1 |
51.6 |
50.8 |
50.6 |
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2-6 |
19.9 |
23.9 |
26.5 |
27.0 |
18.5 |
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≥ 7 |
20.6 |
20.9 |
22.0 |
22.2 |
30.8 |
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Fruit/vegetable (servings/week) |
16.4 ± 9.0 |
16.4 ± 8.6 |
16.9 ± 8.4 |
17.4 ± 8.4 |
18.8 ± 10.8 |
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Peanut butter consumption (%) |
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Rarely/Never |
65.0 |
39.8 |
27.3 |
27.0 |
33.0 |
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1-3/month |
14.5 |
31.4 |
23.9 |
18.2 |
22.7 |
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1/week |
8.9 |
13.8 |
27.5 |
19.8 |
14.6 |
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2-6/week |
9.3 |
12.5 |
19.0 |
30.8 |
15.7 |
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≥ 7/week |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
4.3 |
14.0 |
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Current drinking (%) |
83.0 |
86.0 |
86.0 |
85.0 |
80.7 |
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Diabetes mellitus (%) |
3.7 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
5.9 |
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Congestive heart failure (%) |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
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Coronary heart disease (%) |
1.5 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
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Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or percentages |
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Khawaja et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:17 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-17 |
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