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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants enrolled in the expanded Jamaican reproducibility and validation / calibration a study

From: Use of a food frequency questionnaire to assess diets of Jamaican adults: validation and correlation with biomarkers

 

Samples

 

Dietary intakes

Biomarker a

 

Males

Females

 

   n

31

39

176

Age (years): mean ± sd

40.9 ± 16.5

41.5 ± 16.8

61.6 ± 10.5†

Weight (kg): mean ± sd

77.9 ± 13.4

77.5 ± 20.6

74.8 ± 14.1

Height (m): mean ± sd

172.7 ± 6.6

161.6 ± 7.8**

171.6 ± 7.2

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.1 ± 4.0

29.7 ± 8.1*

25.3 ± 4.4

Obesity (BMI≥30.0 kg/m2) (%)

14.3

34.2

14.8

  1. a Control population enrolled in the diet and prostate cancer study.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.0001; genders significantly different
  3. † Males in biomarker and dietary samples significantly different.
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Nutrition Journal

ISSN: 1475-2891

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