Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Study Population by Dietary Preference, Leisure-time Physical Activity
Characteristics | Dietary Preferencea | Leisure-time Physical Activityb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meat | Vegetables or mixture of vegetables and meat | P valuec | Low | Moderate-High | P valuec | |
(n = 29,518) | (n = 419,614) | (n = 262,146) | (n = 184,781) | |||
Age (year) | ||||||
40–49 | 17,765 (60.18) | 236,425 (56.34) | 147,574 (56.29) | 105,835 (57.28) | ||
50–59 | 10,091 (34.19) | 154,564 (36.83) | < .001 | 96,411 (36.78) | 66,953 (36.23) | < .001 |
≥ 60 | 1,662 (5.63) | 28,625 (6.82) | 18,161 (6.93) | 11,993 (6.49) | ||
Employment | ||||||
White collar | 7,043 (23.86) | 92,669 (22.14) | 61,460 (23.44) | 37,987 (20.56) | ||
Blue collar | 22,475 (76.14) | 326,945 (77.86) | < .001 | 200,686 (76.56) | 146,794 (79.44) | < .001 |
Smoking status | ||||||
Never | 4,845 (16.66) | 94,455 (22.91) | 57,139 (22.18) | 41,647 (22.86) | ||
Former | 5,184 (17.82) | 72,956 (17.70) | < .001 | 42,178 (16.37) | 35,796 (19.65) | < .001 |
Current | 19,057 (65.52) | 244,793 (59.39) | 158,320 (61.45) | 104,716 (57.49) | ||
Alcohol, g/wk | ||||||
Never | 4,262 (14.64) | 63,276 (15.30) | 42,791 (16.59) | 24,028 (13.15) | ||
≤ 51.8 | 4,003 (13.75) | 75,773 (18.32) | 45,591 (17.68) | 33,942 (18.58) | ||
51.9 – 124.2 | 6,910 (23.74) | 111,724 (27.02) | < .001 | 65,237 (25.29) | 52,933 (28.98) | < .001 |
124.3 – 289.8 | 9,375 (32.21) | 121,308 (29.33) | 76,872 (29.81) | 53,438 (29.25) | ||
≤ 238.9 | 4,554 (15.65) | 41,454 (10.02) | 27,424 (10.63) | 18,339 (10.04) | ||
BMI, kg/m 2 | ||||||
< 25 | 18,532 (62.81) | 290,474 (69.25) | 184,343 (69.81) | 122,911 (66.54) | ||
25–29.9 | 10,418 (35.31) | 123,976 (29.56) | < .001 | 76,647 (29.03) | 59,299 (32.10) | < .001 |
≥ 30 | 555 (1.88) | 5,020 (1.20) | 3,067 (1.16) | 2,502 (1.35) | ||
FBS, mg/dL | ||||||
< 110 | 25,336 (85.93) | 359,506 (85.75) | 225,293 (86.03) | 157,712 (85.42) | ||
110–125 | 2,251 (7.63) | 32,619 (7.78) | < .001 | 20,014 (7.64) | 14,624 (7.92) | < .001 |
≥ 126 | 1,896 (6.43) | 27,130 (6.47) | 16,582 (6.33) | 12,306(6.66) | ||
Leisure-time physical activity | ||||||
Low | 18,818 (64.40) | 242,023 (58.21) | ||||
Moderate-High | 10,401 (35.60) | 173,721 (41.79) | < .001 | |||
Dietary preference | ||||||
Meat | 18,818 (7.21) | 10,401(5.63) | ||||
Vegetables or mixture of vegetables and meat | 242,023 (92.79) | 173,721(94.01) | < .001 | |||