|
Levels in quartiles on the basis of FFQ
|
p
trend
|
Correlation of biomarker with dietary intakea
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Q1
|
Q2
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Q3
|
Q4
| |
unadjusted r
|
adjusted b r
|
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Cholesterol
| | | | | | | |
Intake from FFQ (mg)
|
95.3 ± 38.9
|
179.4 ± 19.9
|
267.5 ± 30.9
|
468.9 ± 113.8
|
< 0.0001
| | |
Serum cholesterol (μmol/l)
|
4.46 ± 1.04
|
4.63 ± 0.96
|
4.69 ± 1.09
|
4.93 ± 1.07
|
0.020
|
0.19
|
0.24
|
Folate
| | | | | | | |
Intake from FFQ (μg)
|
427 ± 102
|
643 ± 52
|
845 ± 63
|
1123 ± 138
|
< 0.0001
| | |
Whole blood folate (ng/ml)
|
92.8 ± 132.1
|
108.0 ± 120.2
|
63.5 ± 33.4
|
94.9 ± 148.7
|
0.628
|
0.11 ns
|
0.33
|
Serum folate (ng/ml)
|
9.55 ± 5.05
|
10.95 ± 3.95
|
11.15 ± 3.74
|
12.85 ± 5.84
|
0.009
|
0.22
|
0.25
|
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a With the exception of those indicated with ns not significant (p > 0.05), all correlations are significant at p < 0.01.
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b Adjusted for age, energy, BMI, current smoking,.