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Table 2 Demographic and dietary characteristics by sex in the 45 and up study sample, new south wales, Australia, 2006-2009

From: Dietary factors associated with lifetime asthma or hayfever diagnosis in Australian middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional study

 

Males

Females

 

n = 70,979

n = 85,056

Variable

Mean

SD

Median frequency

Mean

SD

Median frequency

Age (years)

62.2

10.6

–

60.2

10.2

–

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.3

4.2

–

26.7

5.3

–

Red meat, times eaten each week

3.6

2.5

3

3.1

2.0

3

Poultry, times eaten each week

2.3

1.6

2

2.3

1.5

2

Processed meat, times eaten each week

1.8

1.8

1

1.2

1.4

2

Fish or seafood, times eaten each week

1.8

1.4

3

1.9

1.5

2

Cheese, times eaten each week

3.4

2.5

3

3.5

2.4

3

Brown/whole-meal bread, slices each week

11.8

10.4

10

9.5

7.3

8

Breakfast cereal, bowls each week

4.8

2.8

6

4.6

2.8

5

Cooked vegetables, serves each day

2.3

1.7

2

2.7

1.6

3

Raw vegetables, serves each day

1.3

1.3

1

1.7

1.4

1

Fruits, serves each day

1.9

1.4

2

2.1

1.3

2

Fruit juice, serves each day

0.8

1.1

1

0.7

1.0

0

Alcoholic drinks, number each week

10.0

11.7

7

4.7

6.2

2

  1. Note: based on Mann–Whitney tests, all means differ significantly by sex, p < 0.05.