Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the cohort categorized according to the frequency of consumption of fish 1
From: Habitual fish intake and clinically silent carotid atherosclerosis
Frequency of fish intake (number of servings per week) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
< 1 | 1 | ≥ 2 | P2 | |
(n = 231) | (n = 373) | (n = 357) | ||
Gender (% M) | 31.2 | 41.3 | 36.8 | 0.06 |
Education (%) | 0.11 | |||
0-5 y | 7.8 | 7.0 | 8.2 | |
6-8 y | 37.6 | 39.0 | 34.0 | |
9-13 y | 45.3 | 41.1 | 39.7 | |
> 13 y | 9.2 | 12.9 | 18.0 | |
Marital status (%) | 0.01 | |||
Single | 12.4 | 6.3 | 11.3 | |
Married | 78.6 | 89.3 | 84.5 | |
Divorced | 6.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | |
Widow/er | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | |
Offspring (%) | 0.01 | |||
0 | 14.5 | 11.8 | 20.2 | |
1 | 15.2 | 14.3 | 21.5 | |
2 | 51.3 | 53.6 | 40.9 | |
3 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 17.4 | |
Smoking (%) | 0.11 | |||
Never smoked | 52.8 | 58.7 | 60.3 | |
Former smoker | 26.3 | 21.0 | 17.0 | |
Current smoker | 20.9 | 20.2 | 22.8 | |
Employment (%) | 0.24 | |||
Unemployed | 58.4 | 56.8 | 64.8 | |
Employed | 34.5 | 36.8 | 28.8 | |
Manager/Professional | 7.2 | 6.4 | 6.4 | |
Participants on anti-hypertensives (%) | 14.4 | 23.0 | 13.6 | 0.002 |
Use of anti-hypertensives (%) | ||||
Diuretics | 5.7 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 0.58 |
Beta-blockers | 7.9 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 0.52 |
Other anti-hypertensives | 7.4 | 17.6 | 9.9 | <0.001 |
Use of statins (%) | 6.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 0.19 |
Physical activity | 0.29 | |||
None | 52.0 | 49.6 | 47.7 | |
Light | 34.3 | 33.9 | 40.0 | |
Moderate/Heavy | 13.7 | 16.5 | 12.3 | |