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Heart healthy | Light eating | Wine and moderate eating | High fat | Empty calorie | |
Risk factors | n=366 | n=872 | n=64 | n=370 | n=156 |
a,b,c,dMeans with the same letter are not significantly different from each other (p≥.05); means that are in bold face are significantly highest; high ranks indicate undesirable risk factor levels; means that are underlined and bold are significantly lowest; low ranks indicate desirable risk factor levels. | |||||
*Overweight defined as BMI ≥25,32 therefore this variable includes those who are obese in its ranking scheme; †obesity defined as BMI ≥30 32; ‡hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or use of antihypertensive medication 29; §diabetes defined as a history of use of insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agent, or a fasting blood glucose level ≥7.8 mmol/l (140 mg/dl) 29; ¶BMI calculated as weight (kg) / height (m2) from height and weight measurements taken in the clinic; **T/H ratio is the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol; ††Physical Activity Index 33 measured at Exam 2 in the FOS cohort; ‡‡CHD Risk Score 30 is the average two year probability of developing coronary heart disease; (n=1722) includes only those women who were free of CHD at Exam 3. | |||||
Mean age (SD) | 50.1 a (10.0) | 48.2a,b (10.0) | 47.7 b (7.6) | 47.4b,c (9.8) | 45.5 c (10.0) |
Dichotomous outcomes | |||||
Overweight* | 929a,b | 896a | 864 a | 876a | 994 b |
Obesity† | 893a,b | 904a,b | 967b,c | 880 a | 976 c |
Hypertension‡ | 951b | 892a | 973a,b | 883a | 972b |
Diabetes§ | 915a | 915a | 935a | 910a | 913a |
Current smoker | 815 c | 889b | 918a,b,c | 1014a,d | 1045 d |
Oestrogen use | 904a | 909a | 900a | 924a | 922a |
Continuous outcomes | |||||
Body mass index (BMI)¶ | 918b | 913b | 899a,b | 842 a | 991 b |
Total cholesterol | 810 b | 881a | 833a,b | 895a | 916 a |
HDL cholesterol | 855b | 828b | 633 c | 964a | 989 a |
T/H ratio** | 816b | 837b | 663 c | 971a | 1000 a |
LDL cholesterol | 801b | 854b,c | 754 b | 930 a | 916a,c |
Triglyceride | 837 a | 852a | 855a | 893a | 1012 b |
Systolic blood pressure | 908a,b | 919b | 1083 c | 858 a | 970b,c |
Diastolic blood pressure | 937b | 905a,b | 1091 c | 853 a | 983b,c |
Physical activity index†† | 718 b | 822a | 754a,b | 832a | 833 a |
CHD risk score‡‡ | 841 a | 852a,c | 918 c ,d | 875a,b,c | 908b,d |