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Table 1 Characteristics of Mexican adults from the baseline assessment of the Health Workers Cohort Study

From: Sweetened beverage consumption and the risk of hyperuricemia in Mexican adults: a cross-sectional study

 

Men

Women

 
 

n = 1956 (29.2%)

n = 4749 (70.8%)

P-value*

Age (years) Ş

42.6 (11.6)

43.0 (12.2)

0.1

18-27%

9.1

11.9

< 0.001

28-37

27.6

23.2

<0.001

38-47

29.4

29.4

0.9

48-57

22.3

22.3

0.9

58-70

11.6

13.2

0.1

BMI (kg/m 2 ) Ş

27.1 (3.9)

26.7 (4.7)

< 0.001

Overweight % Ω

50.6

38.9

< 0.001

Obese % Ω

19.1

20.4

0.2

Waist circumference (cm) Ş

93.7 (10.9)

89.7 (12.7)

< 0.001

Central obesity % ¶

20.1

53.0

< 0.001

Body fat proportion by mass Ş

30.3 (7.3)

42.6 (6.6)

< 0.001

Excess (>25 M, >35 W), %

80.7

87.1

< 0.001

Physical activity (min/d) Ş

33.3 (39.0)

22.5 (28.5)

< 0.001

Active (≥30 min/d), %

41.0

31.8

< 0.001

Tobacco use %

   

Ex-smoker

37.9

20.6

< 0.001

Current smoker

26.7

17.6

< 0.001

Uric acid (mg/dL) Ş

5.9 (1.5)

4.4 (1.2)

< 0.001

Hyperuricemia % +

20.6

13.5

< 0.001

Dietary variables

   

Portions of sugar-sweetened beverages/dayŞ

1.8 (1.6)

1.6 (1.5)

< 0.001

Portions of diet soft drinks

0.05 (0.2)

0.07 (0.3)

0.019

Portions of orange juice

0.36 (0.6)

0.42 (0.6)

<0.001

Calorie intake from sweetened beverages (Kcal/day)Ş

225 (198)

186 (184)

< 0.001

Percent of energy intake from sweetened beveragesŞ

9.5 (7.2)

8.5 (7.2)

< 0.001

Total calorie intake (Kcal/day)Ş

2318 (925)

2146 (898)

< 0.001

Carbohydrates (% of energy)Ş

59.0 (8.5)

61.1 (8.6)

< 0.001

Fat (% of energy)Ş

20.3 (5.1)

20.5 (5.4)

0.2

Alcohol intake (gr/day)

9.2 (22.2)

2.2 (5.4)

< 0.001

Total meat intake (servings/day)a

1.5 (1.0)

1.3 (0.9)

< 0.001

Seafood intake (servings/day)b

0.15 (0.2)

0.14 (0.2)

0.05

Low fat dairy intake (serving/day)c

0.48 (0.9)

0.56 (1.0)

0.002

High fat dairy intake (servings/day)d

1.8 (1.6)

2.2 (2.1)

< 0.001

Coffee intake (servings/day)

0.5 (0.9)

0.5 (0.9)

0.8

Total fruit intake (servings/day)e

3.7 (3.5)

5.1 (5.0)

<0.001

Total vitamin C intake (mg/day)f

240.7 (206.6)

308.7 (261.8)

<0.001

  1. ŞValues are means and with SD in parentheses, unless otherwise specified;
  2. Ω BMI: Overweight ≥ 25 - < 30 kg/m2; Obese, when BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2;
  3. ¶ Central obesity: > 102 cm in men and > 88 cm in women;
  4. + Hyperuricemia: ≥ 7.0 mg/dL for men, and ≥ 5.8 mg/dL for women;
  5. aTotal meat included main or mixed dish of beef/pork/lamb/, processed meat (sausage/bacon/ham/cecina/chorizo), poultry, chicken liver, beef liver, fried pork chunks;
  6. bSeafood intake included tuna, sardines, other seafood;
  7. cLow fat dairy foods included skim/low fat milk and panela cheese;
  8. dHigh fat dairy foods included whole milk, cream, butter, ice cream, cream cheese, and other cheese.
  9. eTotal fruit intake included banana, plum, peach, apple, orange, grapes, strawberry, blackberry, melon, watermelon, mango, tangerine, pear, mammee apple, sapote, prickly pear, papaya, pineapple;
  10. fTotal vitamin C included dietary vitamin C and supplemental vitamin C;
  11. * P < 0.05, difference in mean and proportion between sexes. Values were determined using a student’s t-test for continuous variable and a chi2 test for categorical variables.