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Table 1 Characteristics of black participants by beverage intake frequency at enrollment, the CARDIAa study

From: Disproportionately higher cardiovascular disease risk and incidence with high fructose corn syrup sweetened beverage intake among black young adults–the CARDIA study

  

Any Combo of HFCSb sweetened

Soft Drinks and Fruit Drinks

100% Citrus / Orange Juicec

Overall No. = 2185

No.

301

578

685

621

545

544

541

555

Intake Frequencies

 

 ≤ 2 times/wk

 > 2/wk -6/wk

 > 6/wk—twice/d

 > twice/d -13/d

 ≤ twice/wk

3/wk

5/wk

 > 5/wk -1.5/d

 > 1.5/d

6/d

Normalized to 1/cup

 

Education Years (Mean)

(SD)

 

13.5 ± 1.8

13.3 ± 1.8

13.1 ± 1.7

12.8 ± 1.6

12.9 ± 1.7

13.1 ± 1.7

13.3 ± 1.8

13.2 ± 1.7

Active / former smoker (%)

 

39.7

36.7

41.0

45.7

45.0

42.1

39.9

37.3

BMI (kg/m) (Mean)

(SD)

 

26.0 ± 5.6

25.1 ± 5.1

25.3 ± 5.7

25.6 ± 5.7

25.4 ± 5.6

25.5 ± 6.0

25.0 ± 5.0

25.7 ± 5.5

Energy (kcal) (Mean)

(SD)

 

2150 ± 983

2360 ± 988

2660 ± 999

3100 ± 978

2300 ± 1010

2510 ± 995

2730 ± 1010

2990 ± 1030

Fruit & vegetable mean serv/d

(SD)

 

5.3 ± 3.8

5.2 ± 3.8

5.2 ± 3.6

5.5 ± 4.1

3.3 ± 2.9

4.1 ± 2.7

5.6 ± 3.2

8.2 ± 4.3

Alcohol servings/d (Mean)

(SD)

 

0.4 ± 0.9

0.5 ± 1.0

0.6 ± 1.1

0.7 ± 1.2

0.5 ± 1.2

0.6 ± 1.1

0.6 ± 1.0

0.6 ± 1.1

Frequency/wk of fast-food visits

(SD)

 

1.6 ± 1.9

1.6 ± 1.6

2.1 ± 1.1

2.2 ± 1.1

1.8 ± 2.0

2.0 ± 2.0

2.0 ± 2.1

2.0 ± 2.0

Physical Activity Score

(SD)

 

355 ± 272

351 ± 289

366 ± 299

364 ± 289

295 ± 253

332 ± 272

400 ± 309

411 ± 306

Self-reported

Hypertension/Med Use (%)

 

3.3

2.6

3.4

4.0

2.8

4.0

3.1

3.4

Serum Triglycerides (%)

 Borderline High (150–199 mg/dL)

 

2.0

1.9

2.0

2.3

2.2

1.8

2.2

2.0

 High (≥ 200 mg/dL)

 

0.3

1.2

1.0

1.4

1.1

1.1

0.9

1.3

Hyperuricemia (%)

  (> 7.0 mg/dL men, > 6.0 mg/dL women)

 

9.6

9.3

11.2

13.7

9.0

13.1

12.9

9.9

Hypercholesterolemia (%)

  ≥ 190 mg/dL

 

7.6

7.8

7.0

8.7

6.8

7.9

8.1

8.3

Hyperglycemia (%)

 Pre-diabetes 100–125 mg/dL

 

1.3

1.4

1.9

2.3

1.7

1.5

1.8

2.2

 Diabetes (≥ 126 mg/dL)

 

0.7

0.2

1.2

0.5

0.4

0.7

0.9

0.5

Hyperinsulinemia (≥ 25 mcU/ML)

 

7.3

7.8

7.0

10.5

8.6

9.6

6.7

8.1

Apolipoprotein B to A1 Ratio (%)

 Higher CVD risk (> 0.9 /men, > 0.8 mg/dL / women)

 

14.6

15.7

16.5

16.6

14.7

16.7

15.2

17.7

  1. aCARDIA Study-Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study
  2. bHFCS – high fructose corn syrup which contains more excess-free-fructose than safe, i.e., 5 – 9 g /250 ml, as measured by independent labs [20, 60, 61]
  3. cOrange juice—a low excess-free-fructose juice (0.4 g / 250 ml)