Meat intake, quintile | |||||||||||||||
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Total red meat | Unprocessed meat | Processed meat | Poultry | Fish | |||||||||||
1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Meat intake, servings/week | 1.2 | 5.3 | 13.5 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
Age, years* | 63 | 62 | 62 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 65 | 62 | 60 | 62 | 61 | 63 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Vigorous physical activity, MET-hours/week | 18 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
Ever smokers, % | 46 | 51 | 55 | 47 | 52 | 52 | 44 | 51 | 56 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 51 |
Pack-year among ever smokers | 21 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 23 |
Alcohol intake, g/day | 8.8 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 8.7 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Dietary fibre, g/day | 28 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 24 |
Total fat, g/day | 58 | 70 | 78 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 59 | 70 | 77 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 68 |
Saturated fat, g/day | 17 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
Cholesterol, mg/day | 213 | 267 | 320 | 219 | 268 | 313 | 217 | 266 | 312 | 238 | 263 | 293 | 257 | 269 | 266 |
Haem iron, mg/day | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Regular aspirin use, % | 47 | 46 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 45 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 44 | 45 | 49 |
Regular non-aspirin NSAID use, % | 12 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Regular acetaminophen use, % | 6.6 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
*All values other than age have been directly standardised to age distribution (in 5-year age group) of all the participants. Mean was presented for continuous variables.
MET, metabolic equivalent task.