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Table 2 Characteristics of white 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. = 2273

No.

905

609

435

324

621

615

573

464

Intake Frequencies

 

 ≤ 1.5/wk

 > 1.5/wk—once/d

 > once/d

2/d

 > 2/d -8 times/d

 ≤ 2 times/wk

 > 2/wk-5 times/wk

 > 5/wk -1.5/d

 > 1.5/d-6/d

Education Years (Mean)

(SD)

 

15.0 ± 1.8

14.6 ± 1.9

14.2 ± 2.0

13.3 ± 1.9

14.2 ± 2.1

14.6 ± 2.0

14.6 ± 2.0

14.5 ± 2.0

Active / former smoker (%)

 

40.9

40.4

47.1

54.9

47.5

42.1

43.3

42.5

BMI (kg/m) (Mean)

(SD)

 

23.2 ± 3.6

23.5 ± 3.7

23.8 ± 3.9

24.3 ± 4.3

23.7 ± 4.1

23.6 ± 3.8

23.6 ± 3.7

23.5 ± 3.6

Energy (kcal) (Mean)

(SD)

 

2140 ± 838

2470 ± 847

2740 ± 955

3150 ± 905

2220 ± 901

2350 ± 864

2630 ± 953

2850 ± 926

Fruit & vegetable mean serv/d

(SD)

 

6.3 ± 3.9

6.0 ± 3.5

5.6 ± 3.7

4.9 ± 3.8

4.2 ± 3.1

4.9 ± 3.0

6.4 ± 3.3

8.8 ± 4.1

Alcohol servings/d (Mean)

(SD)

 

0.7 ± 0.8

0.8 ± 1.0

1.0 ± 1.3

0.9 ± 1.2

0.7 ± 1.0

0.8 ± 1.0

0.9 ± 1.0

0.9 ± 1.1

Frequency/wk of fast-food visits

(SD)

 

1.3 ± 2.0

1.6 ± 1.9

2.1 ± 2.1

3.2 ± 2.0

1.8 ± 2.4

1.8 ± 2.1

1.8 ± 2.3

1.8 ± 2.3

Physical Activity Score

(SD)

 

460 ± 273

441 ± 293

439 ± 271

408 ± 275

388 ± 263

434 ± 251

493 ± 312

468 ± 276

Self-reported

Hypertension/Med Use (%)

 

1.3

1.8

1.4

0.6

1.9

1.5

0.9

1.1

Serum Triglycerides (%)

 Borderline High (150–199 mg/dL)

 

2.7

5.3

5.1

6.5

4.7

4.1

3.7

5.2

 High (≥ 200 mg/dL)

 

2.0

2.3

3.9

4.6

3.2

2.3

2.6

3.2

Hyperuricemia (%)

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

 

9.5

11.5

17.0

20.4

12.9

13.0

13.1

13.1

Hypercholesterolemia (%)

  ≥ 190 mg/dL

 

5.1

5.6

6.2

7.1

6.4

6.8

4.7

4.5

Hyperglycemia (%)

 Pre-diabetes 100–125 mg/dL

 

1.7

2.6

2.3

4.0

2.4

2.4

2.1

2.6

 Diabetes (≥ 126 mg/dL)

 

0.4

0.2

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.4

Hyperinsulinemia (≥ 25 mcU/ML)

 

1.4

2.8

3.0

4.0

4.2

1.3

1.4

3.0

Apolipoprotein B to A1 Ratio (%)

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

 

14.5

18.2

20.5

28.7

23.7

18.5

16.1

15.3

  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)